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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
Established in 2190 during the reorganization of the Third Fleet following the retirement of Admiral Jefferson Heltin after the death of his wife and children in a CLF terrorist attack and the promotion of Vice Admiral James Bulwark. The Second Battlegroup primarily consists of outdated and retrofitted vessels that have seen service as far back as the Tientsin Campaign. Placed under the command of Rear Admiral Frans Feiffer the Battlegroup consists of five naval divisions totaling 50+ vessels, a military police division of around 5,000 MPs, a marine division totaling 25,000, and a dozen of support vessels including a dedicated hospital vessel which supplies naval vessels with doctors, researchers, and other medical equipment.
Established in 2190 during the reorganization of the Third Fleet following the retirement of Admiral Jefferson Heltin after the death of his wife and children in a CLF terrorist attack and the promotion of Vice Admiral James Bulwark. The Second Battlegroup primarily consists of outdated and retrofitted vessels that have seen service as far back as the Tientsin Campaign. Placed under the command of Rear Admiral Frans Feiffer the Battlegroup consists of five naval divisions totaling 50+ vessels, a military police division of around 5,000 MPs, a marine division totaling 25,000, and a dozen of support vessels including a dedicated hospital vessel which supplies naval vessels with doctors, researchers, and other medical equipment.
By 2191 after the disaster in the Fomalhaut System during '''OPERATION: FALLEN ANGEL''' the Second Battlegroup remains in a state of decline. Rear Admiral Bjorn was selected to fill the empty position left by the assassinated Rear Admiral Frans Feiffer who died to agents of the Order of Terra while en-route to his flagship from Chinook GSO-91 Station. Many Commanding Officers perished, have gone missing, or retired due to the outcome of the battle. Now stretched across the Neroid sector even further with less assets the Battlegroup must make tough decisions to stand a chance in maintaining UA's hold over the subsector.


= Organization =
= Organization =
<center>[[File:3rd fleet final.png|800px]]</center>
===USCN Structure===
<center>[[File:USCN_Fleets_1.png|1000px]]</center>
===Battlegroup Structure===
<center>[[File:third_fleet_new.png|1000px]]</center>


==== Rank Structure ====
==== Rank Structure ====
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! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" width=200|Role
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! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Description
! scope="col";" |Description
! scope="col" style="background-color:#ADA36C;" |Eligibility
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![[File:rearadmiral.png]]<br> Rear Admiral | RADM.
![[File:rearadmiral.png]]<br> Colonel | Col
|The designated superior of the entire Battle-Group. The Rear Admiral is the supervisor of every division and is responsible for the appointment of Commodores who oversee the naval divisions beneath their Battle-group. Their authority is supreme and they hold the power to promote Commodores and strip Captains of their ranks should they be disgracing the officer-corps through violation of procedures.
|The designated superior of the entire Battle-Group. The Colonel is the supervisor of every division and is responsible for the appointment of Lieutenant Colonels who oversee the naval divisions beneath their Battle-group. Their authority is supreme and they hold the power to promote Lieutenant Colonels and strip Majors of their ranks should they be disgracing the officer-corps through violation of procedures.
| CO Senator
| CO Senator
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![[File:commodore.png]]<br> Commodore | CDRE.
![[File:commodore.png]]<br> Lieutenant Colonel | LtCol
| Chosen Captains by the Rear Admiral to serve as Division heads and as advisors to the Rear Admiral as their joint chief of staff. The Commodores are entrusted with the organization of their assigned divisions, the ability to ensure their division carries out orders given to them, and advising the Rear Admiral on punishments and new regulations for the Captains beneath them. There are only five ever at one time in a Battle-Group.
| Chosen Majors by the Colonel to serve as Division heads and as advisors to the Colonel as their chiefs of staff. The Lieutenant Colonels are entrusted with the organization of their assigned divisions, the ability to ensure their division carries out orders given to them, and advising the Colonel on punishments and new regulations for the Majors beneath them. There are only five ever at one time in a Battle-Group.
| CO Council
| CO Council
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![[File:Commander.png]]<br> Captain | CPT.
![[File:Commander.png]]<br> Major | Maj
| The framework of the Battle-Group, the Captains are officers placed in charge of vessels and are organized into naval divisions to perform duties given to them by the Rear Admiral which is relayed by the Commodores who serve as the head of their assigned divisions. Their job to perform their tasks to the best of their ability without stepping out of line.
| The framework of the Battle-Group, the Major are officers placed in charge of vessels and are organized into naval divisions to perform duties given to them by the Colonel which is relayed by the Lieutenant Colonels who serve as the head of their assigned divisions. Their job to perform their tasks to the best of their ability without stepping out of line.
| CO Whitelist
| CO Whitelist
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! scope="col" | Description
! scope="col" | Description
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! scope="row" | CDRE Fiore
! CDRE Samantha Maverick
| Lillehammer || USS Medusar
| [[File:Yukon.png|center|300x300px]]|| USS Yukon
| Carrier || Fitted with a prototype ship-to-ship teleportation device courtesy of W-Y. Knowledge of its full capabilities have been kept on a strict need-to-know basis, though it is capable at the very least of transporting a full 20 marine squad at once.
|Heavy Cruiser|| The USS Yukon is the third in a line of Stonewall-class heavy cruisers designed for multi-role operations, force projection, and engagement against enemy craft.
The ship’s R&R facilities are also a topic of intense jealousy amongst the rest of the Herculis branch.
 
3rd Fleet 1st Division “Wirebloods”
Initially commissioned over 50 years ago, she was decommissioned in 2155 and recommissioned in the wake of the initial campaign in the Neroid sector in 2181, being given a retrofit to cope with existing demands of technology. While its design is outdated, the ship has proven to be hardy in combat, facing off against foes during her first tour of duty and sustained moderate damage, giving it distinguished "battle scars" that can be seen in the hull repairs' slightly darker shade of gray paint.
The Wirebloods specialize in communications warfare and boarding actions, being composed of a variety of tech-savants and saboteurs specially trained to tamper with and weaponise all manner of electronics and enemy equipment. The full extent of their capabilities and armaments is strictly classified, though it is an open secret they employ experimental tech such as ECM Jammers, EMP ordnance, and wireless power leeches.
 
It is rumored that the Wirebloods draw their recruits from the survivors of ruined colonies, disbanded paramilitary outfits, and classified blacksites in exchange for amnesty and their silence regarding countless misdeeds and political incidents across known space.
Between 2181 and 2190, the ship roamed around the sector, conducting surveillance and counter-piracy operations; nothing special. In the wake of the reentry of the USCM into the Neroid sector, however, it was brought up to the spotlight again to defend against those who oppose the entry of the Colonial Marines into the area.
 
With a length of roughly 497 meters, crew capacity of 410 (360 enlisted, 50 officers), the ship is by no means lacking in size; however proving to be lacking in speed capabilities, the ship draws from a 2170-era propulsion and FTL system, making for just over 0.66 light-years per day.
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! scope="row" | CPT Aden Cooper
! CPT Nathon Stafford
| [[File:USS_BAYRAKTAR.png|100px]] || USS Bayraktar
|[[File:USS_GRIZZLY.png|center|400x400px]]|| USS Grizzly
| test || Cruiser carrying mostly ammunition and fuel with minimal crew, ready to support USCM forces wherever maybe necessary. Captain Aden Cooper has been in contact with Retired Admiral Shaw the Hero of the SOL campaign and was able to get his cruiser outfitted with brand new support weapons, making the Corvette capable of supporting ground forces on colonies and possible space stations.
|Planetary Assault Ship||An outdated ship armed with 9th battalion "Death Valley Kings". Sent on missions involving colonies with extremely hot climates.
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! scope="row" | CPT Jonathon 'ghost' Granger
!CPT Alberto ‘Topper’ Staffer
| [[File:USS_Stargazer.png|100px]] || USS Star Gazer
|[[File:CVLN-108-2.png|center|300x300px]]||USS Vanguard
| Battle Cruiser || A Military Battle cruiser outdated and operational since the Civil wars on alpha Centauri  has 2 detachments of marines and is meant for ship to ship combat and served as a support role in Military operations in gamma 2- 4
|Light Carrier ||USS Vanguard is a retrofitted Trebuchet-class light carrier. Having been launched in 2145, it’s one of the oldest carriers in the fleet. As such in the carrier role it’s lacking due to the smaller size of its air groups necessitated by the need to keep weight down.
 
Shipboard weaponry being limited to PDCs and PDLs along with a small set of ASAT tubes for long range defensive firepower, the
Vanguard’s main strength lies in its extensive sensor suite. In the early years of space combat, carriers were unable to carry their own dedicated AWACS aircraft due to size constraints, as such they were provided with a disproportional sensor array so as to provide search and control from the ship itself.
 
The Vanguard’s role is not to be confused with the PAS’ role, as a light carrier, the ship contains only F/A-86 Banshee IIs, F-40 Hellcat IIIs, and various small support craft. There are no provisions for landing operations and no marines besides a security detail are stationed on the ship. 
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! scope="row" | CPT Peter Bates
! CPT Oussama 'DOA' Neghiz
| Lillehammer || USS Richard V. Spencer
|N/A
| Planetary Assault Ship || Marine Outdated Troop Carrier
| USS Providence
|Escort Frigate||Assigned to its captain after the loss of [REDACTED] in a very unfortunate incident, the USS Providence is nothing more than a heap of scrap that's somehow still functioning. Talks of it being given a proper retrofit have been thrown around for as long as its crew could remember, and yet it always seem to get "delayed".
Mostly assigned as an escort to bigger, more important ships.
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! scope="row" | CPT Jackson A. Hargrave
!CPT Wallace Haar
| Lillehammer || USS Dakota
|[[File:USS_Harvest.png|center|400x400px]]||USS Harvest
| Cruiser || Retrofitted Cruiser for escorting larger ships, Mostly anti Corvette weaponry. Minimal marine detachment at the best of times for boarding actions or ship defense. Often understaffed however even in this roll it finds itself unable to utilize it's dropships to the fullest potential lacking proper supplies to maintain them. The best thing to happen to the ship was it's retrofit. it's almost a miracle the ship is as maintained as it is.
|Troop Transport||An outdated Bougainville-class Troop Transport Vessel, capable or holding around 90 troops or if needed PoW's out of cryo at a time, and another 200 in hypersleep, is currently being useed as a Joint-Collaboration Vessel between the United Americas and the TWE. Holds the 'Oopsie Daisies' Marine Battalion and the TWE Royal Marine 'Rose of Hokkaido'.
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! scope="row" | CPT Mel Kim
!CPT Tyrus 'Shoeless' Jackson
| Lillehammer || USS Fallen Sky
|[[File:Uss-silent-dawn.png|center|300x300px]]||USS Silent Dawn
| Support Vessel || The USS Fallen Sky has a single detachment of marines, it isn't meant for combat, as it's main role is supplying other ships. It has little to no defenses, usually being escorted by other ships, being a recently retrofitted ship, where most of it's pieces were taken from a decommissioned vessel. Holds large amounts of supply, but has a poor logistic system, which delays most of their deliveries.
|Cruiser||The USS Silent Dawn is a reconnaissance search and destroy vessel. Its primary purpose is to perform tactical strikes via stealth operations. Its augmented with an experimental VPES (vapor eject system) that allows for camouflage on long range radar due to masking as space distortions (coronal mass ejection, asteroids clusters etc). The Winter Wolves detachment is made of marine volunteers that desired to be sent on high risk missions. The marines are comprised of terminally ill, critical debt holders, and those seeking the most dangerous deployments.
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! scope="row" | CPT Hunter 'Fritz' Polonoski
| [[File:USS_Bismarck.png|100px]] || USS Bismarck
| Battleship/Assault Ship || The USS Bismarck is a brand new Battleship that has been recently commissioned in the navy for the 9th Armored Battalion by the use of increased tariffs in the Typhoon Sector. It has four main batteries and two hangars, one for a singe dropship and another to hold two light street tanks, and two medium tanks. It is around 1.5* larger than the USS Almayer. It holds 4 tank crews, a group of support artillery, two complete squads for supporting infantry, and a large crew to maintain and operate the shipside operations (Logistics, Signal, and AA posts.) While being a new ship it has rarely seen action and is mainly being used to scare away the enemy through the use of sovereignty patrols.
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! scope="row" | CPT Pat ‘Croc’ Bateman
| Lillehammer || USS Alligator
| Planetary Assault Ship || Retrofitted Missile Cruiser turned into an Assault Ship. The Marine Detachment is the “Leaping Frogs”.
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! scope="row" | CPT Chris Mooris
| Lillehammer || USS Meade
| Electronic Warfare Support Vessel || Provides electronic warfare capabilities for the 3rd Fleet. Retrofitted vessel outfitted with the best electronic warfare support package that can be equipped to outdated ship models.
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!CPT Satomi 'Uno' Nishiyama
|[[File:Ascalon_Badge.png|center|300x300px]]||USS Ascalon
|Battleship||USS Ascalon is a Sword Class Battleship within the First Division designed after the infamous Sol Battle for ship to ship combat. This battleship is built extremely armored and lined with broadsides on both its starboard and portside along with some point defense and missiles for any targets that prove too evasive. This focus on durability and firepower is what led to its major weakness. Being that it maneuvers like a brick in space.
Due to her ties and connections within Weyland Yutani, Captain Nishiyama has also secured state of the art weaponry and equipment aboard her ship despite it’s outdated design. The Ascalon’s main strength comes from the 18 broadsides it has on it’s starboard and portside which tear through any ships foolish enough to enter its sights. If not for the ship's capabilities for orbital bombardment and it's overwhelming firepower in space combat, the Third Fleet would have no doubt scrapped the Ascalon years ago.


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Her crew number is close to one 1000, with a majority being shipside maintenance and operating of it’s weaponry. It also has a sizable detachment of marines for deployment and repelling boarders. Compliments of WY, Captain Nishiyama also has a small troop of PMCs to act as her personal guard. Due to these Weyland Yutani ties many of her rivals claim that her victories and successful operations are not a result of her own skills but of higher standard equipment compared to many in the Third fleet.
|+ class="nowrap" | Second Division
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! scope="col" | Insignia
! scope="col" | Vessel Name
! scope="col" | Classification
! scope="col" | Description
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! scope="row" | CDRE Audrey Aulin
!CPT Bill Sutton
| Lillehammer || USS Sunfish
|[[File:USS Iago.png|347x347px]]||USS Iago
| Battle Cruiser || 2nd Battlegroup, 4th Division Flagship. The Sunfish is a battlecruiser hull gutted and rebuilt around an experimental railgun/particle beam hybrid weapon, intended to out-range any possible threat. The thrusters and FTL drive are overtuned for its size, giving it surprising speed and maneuverability at the cost of greatly reduced armor.
|Planetary Assault Craft||Originally a hospital ship in service of the USCM's Medical Corps specialising in humanitarian aid and disaster relief, the Iago was placed under the command of Captain Bill Sutton - a recently-promoted Captain who'd quickly risen through the ranks after graduating officer school with unremarkable grades - thanks to the lobbying of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. Captain Sutton immediately had the medical vessel refurbished as a Planetary Assault troop carrier under the logic that being closer to the frontlines would mean more decorations - and more importantly, more opportunities for career advancement.


While quite good at its intended role, the Sunfish's weapons and other systems draw an enormous amount of energy and have a bad habit of burning out their power conduits, requiring near-constant maintenance just to remain functional and giving the vessel a bad habit of combusting under sustained fire.  
The Iago itself is well-kept, its hull sporting a distinctive white paintjob and the Corporate-coloured sigil of Captain Sutton's division, the 9th Expeditionary Infantry. Though its core staff are well-paid and extremely loyal, the rank-and-file who are quartered with the expectation of spearheading planetary invasions frequently clash with the ship's officer corps. This is due in no small part to Captain Bill Sutton's perceived willingness to squander the lives of his men to ensure victories (and medals).


This glass jaw, combined with the heavy investment from WY R&D in experimental systems, means the vessel is usually kept out of direct combat and instead utilized as a propaganda tool showcasing the superiority of USCM technology and the value of corporate partnerships.
Captain Bill Sutton himself is under investigation by USCM Military Police due to allegations of corruption, bribery, embezzlement and tax fraud, but due to legal interference by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation no charges have yet been laid. Some have speculated on the relation between the ship's name and the Shakespearean villain known for his greed, cruelty, and willingness to sacrifice others for his own gain.
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! scope="row" | CPT Alex Rossfield
|}{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| Lillehammer || USS Solarium
|+ class="nowrap" |Second Division
| Carrier || A large defensive support vessel, protected by several frigates, the main purpose is defending earth in the home first fleet with a large assortment of fighter/bombers whose primary purpose is to deploy small ships for defensive engagements in the core sector of the USCM. The two squadrons onboard the USS Solarium is the fighter squadron 'swift lightning' and bomber squadron 'thunderbirds.'. It is currently on loan to the Third Fleet to aid in the Insurgency Conflict.
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! scope="row" | CPT Morrigan 'M.K' Kessler
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| Lillehammer || USS Amun-Ra
! scope="col" |Insignia
| Stealth Frigate || At a length of 61.5 meters, the Amun-Ra presents an unusual frame, highly different from that of most spacefaring vessels with a shape like a huge black quartz crystal. This is a byproduct of the ship's stealth functionality, using angular sheets of black composite materials to absorb or reflect radar signals. These materials are supported by active cooling systems to conceal the ship's detectable heat signature, able to reduce the frigate's ambient temperature to match that of an asteroid or even that of background radiation. This functionality is of course only available when the frigate's main drive is offline, as an engine burn of any kind would alert any nearby vessels to the ship's location.
! scope="col" |Vessel Name
The Amun-Ra class is frightfully well armed for its size, and at the time of its commissioning, the class was the smallest vessel in history to be armed with a railgun. The ship's prototype S-24 Kopesh is internally mounted along the vessel's spine and is supported by 4 retractable PDCs, as well as a pair of concealed Missile bays, equipped with rapid reload systems. The standard crew complement of the Amun-Ra class includes 50 personnel; however, this is frequently expanded to 100 for missions which include troop deployments or boarding actions. During such encounters, assault teams are deployed using the frigate's 9 breaching pods laid into the ship's broadsides. These pods function by launching a small breaching charge to weaken the hull of a target ship before clamping themselves into the surface using 3 mechanical claws, establishing an access passage for troops.
! scope="col" |Classification
! scope="col" |Description
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! scope="row" | CPT Jeffery Davis
! scope="row" |CDRE Anna Stall
| [[File:USS._Teddy.png|400px]] || USS Theodore
|N/A||USS Sunset
| Multi-Purpose Destroyer ||Often referred to as the teddy bear, is in reality a retrofitted cargo ship that was off to salvage, but repurposed and retrofitted with the cargo bay doors made into a makeshift hangar, added hull plating essentially sheet metal, the bow of the ship rather than having torpedos instead has a very large railgun seized from pirates with a poor reliability rating, lastly in terms of weaponry is multiple point defense guns bolted onto the hull. The outside of the ship proudly displays the 26th president holding a toy bear. Often called "A piece of shit", and "Somehow works yet no reason to." As for the marine detachment is made up of the 22nd Sky Cavalry, being considerably small only being able to fill 3 dropships but are exceptional at being airborne troops.
|Support Cruiser||Communications Vessel, the ship is loaded with equipment to boost and process the radio traffic of other vessels deployed within the fleet allowing the ships in the fleet to operate at further distances apart from each other than without. The ship also takes an auxiliary role in bureaucratic processing, managing minor incidents within the fleet on the ship and acting as a relay to send faxes and other important traffic towards the Admiralty.
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! scope="row" | CPT Adam Berkshire
!CPT Karl 'Ausbruch' Walz
| Lillehammer || USS Justitia
|[[File:USSPershing.png|center|300x300px]]||USS Pershing
| Multi-Purpose Destroyer ||USCM detachment of civil pacification corps under the direct command of the Provost Marshall.  Detachment includes a majority force of RMP personnel, with a sufficient compliment of medical staff for colonial emergency situations related to both warfare related crisis and biological containment. Ship has been retrofitted and undergone two dry dock modification assignments in order to carry essential supplies to USCM vessels operating in fields of duty from their respective home systems. Due to it's high compliment of Military Police and colonial security personnel, it has mainly been assigned for transport of High Command personnel, high value government and corporate persons, and mass quantities of volatile cargo including but not limited to dropship armaments, orbital bombardment shells, and in rare cases nuclear payloads.  As a result of it's role as a transport vessel of essential and high value cargo, it's armament includes a defensive compliment of twin railguns mounted on the port and starboard fore, with an additional four 80 megawatt infrared lasers placed both fore and aft, capable of vaporizing incoming railgun fire or crippling incoming missiles and possible boarding attempts from any direction.  In extreme situations and in case of contamination in biological threats or extreme risk of safety of cargo or high value personnel, a single type 332 emergency escape vehicle (EEV) has been connected via umbilical mounts onto the underside of the vessel.
|Heavy Cruiser||The USS Pershing is a recently commissioned Heavy Cruiser of her own class. Only having been in service for 3 years she is considerably newer than her contemporaries. She houses the 3rd Heavy Mechanized Battalion dubbed "Steel Soulmates". Her armaments consist of mostly offensive pieces, including 2 WY sponsored orbital cannons, 3 dual-barrel turrets for broadside engagements, and 2 concussion missile launchers. She has 2 AUD-26-H Dropships, made specifically to move the heavy armor the marines carry, as well as a standard AUD-25. She sacrifices aspects of her ship to ensure maximum garage space, letting her carry 2 M577 APCs, 3 M39B2 Decker Medium Tanks, and an M42C3 "Walker" Heavy Tank.
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! scope="row" | CPT Salvador Kepplinger
! CPT Morrigan 'M.K' Kessler
| [[File:USS_Franks.png|100px]] || USS Franks
|N/A ||USS Amun-Ra
| Planetary Assault Ship ||An old Planetary Assault Ship, the USS Franks is outdated. Comms is for officers and squad leaders only. The M16 is the weapon of choice. Most soldiers camouflage themselves. The crew of the Franks is renowned for Guerrilla warfare, and battles of attrition. The Anti-Air cannon works, and the Franks has two boarding vessels. Although it ain't very up to date, the crew has minimal casualties and often none at all. The commanding officer runs his ship like it is world war two, simply because of how outdated everything is. But it works. They have a huge operational success rate.
|Stealth Frigate|| At a length of 61.5 meters, the Amun-Ra presents an unusual frame, highly different from that of most spacefaring vessels with a shape like a huge black quartz crystal. This is a byproduct of the ship's stealth functionality, using angular sheets of black composite materials to absorb or reflect radar signals. These materials are supported by active cooling systems to conceal the ship's detectable heat signature, able to reduce the frigate's ambient temperature to match that of an asteroid or even that of background radiation. This functionality is of course only available when the frigate's main drive is offline, as an engine burn of any kind would alert any nearby vessels to the ship's location.
 
The Amun-Ra class is frightfully well armed for its size, and at the time of its commissioning, the class was the smallest vessel in history to be armed with a railgun. The ship's prototype S-24 Kopesh is internally mounted along the vessel's spine and is supported by 4 retractable PDCs, as well as a pair of concealed Missile bays, equipped with rapid reload systems. The standard crew complement of the Amun-Ra class includes 50 personnel; however, this is frequently expanded to 100 for missions which include troop deployments or boarding actions. During such encounters, assault teams are deployed using the frigate's 9 breaching pods laid into the ship's broadsides. These pods function by launching a small breaching charge to weaken the hull of a target ship before clamping themselves into the surface using 3 mechanical claws, establishing an access passage for troops.
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! scope="row" | CPT Mark Wilson
!CPT Howard Dalheart
| Lillehammer || USS Endeavor
|[[File:USS_Hadrian's_Wall.png|center|400x400px]]||USS Hadrian’s Wall
| Planetary Assault Ship ||1st Battalion of the 3rd Brigade, Grey Wolves marine detachment. The Endeavor is a heavily outdated vessel, with many performance issues. Captain Mark Wilson has put many strict maintenance policies and guidelines in place for engineering staff, and for the areas the Endeavor struggles in, it makes up for it with determined crew members and skilled technicians. The Endeavor has mainly Infantry, along with minimal airsupport capabilities. The infantry aboard are mostly experienced warriors, with decent amounts of long time veterans. Using its dropship squadron, the Endeavor specializes in dropping infantry squads into the heat of combat for quick attacks and maneuvers. Prolonged unsupported combat for the Endeavor alone will result in it's defeat. Due to its outdated equipment and capabilities, it must get in and do as much damage as possible, and then get out as quick as possible. The Endeavor relies on swift victories.
|Colony Ship retrofitted into Tientsin era Support Vessel||Retrofitted but outdated; Tientsin era
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! scope="row" | CPT Howard Dalhart
| [[File:USS_Hadrian's_Wall.png|100px]] || USS Hadrian’s Wall
| Planetary Assault Ship ||Retrofitted Tientsin-era Assault ship that is now used as a Heavy Armor transport and deployment vessel; Boasts armored Tank divisions and APC’s.
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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" | Third Division
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!CPT Finnian Cottier
! scope="col" | Insignia
|N/A||USS Tobruk
! scope="col" | Vessel Name
|Carrier||Key member of Carrier Strike Group 31 with the 147th Colonial Marine Expeditionary Unit and 22nd Space Wing embarked. Built in 2172, retrofitted in 2183, still in active service. Still effective, though soon to be outclassed by the new generation of carriers currently being commissioned.
! scope="col" | Classification
! scope="col" | Description
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! scope="row" | CDRE Greg Lauffer
!CPT Salvador Kepplinger
| [[File:moonlight2.png|100px]] || USS Moonlight
| [[File:USS_Franks.png|center|400x400px]]|| USS Franks
| Battle Cruiser || The USS Moonlight while classified as a cruiser serves primarily as a command ship for the 3rd Division of the 2nd Battlegroup beneath the 3rd Fleet. It is responsible for coordinating logistics and mobile operation planning while in the field of operational space where missions and other large scale operations are being conducted as assigned to them by Rear Admiral Feiffer.
|Planetary Assault Ship||An old Planetary Assault Ship, the USS Franks is outdated. Comms is for officers and squad leaders only. The M16 is the weapon of choice. Most soldiers camouflage themselves. The crew of the Franks is renowned for Guerrilla warfare, and battles of attrition. The Anti-Air cannon works, and the Franks has two boarding vessels. Although it ain't very up to date, the crew has minimal casualties and often none at all. The commanding officer runs his ship like it is world war two, simply because of how outdated everything is. But it works. They have a huge operational success rate.
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! scope="row" | CPT Cha J. Wook
!CPT Adam Berkshire
| Lillehammer || USS Lapu-Lapu
|[[File:USS_Justitia.png|center|400x400px]]|| USS Justitia
| Support Vessel || USS Lapu-Lapu is a type of warship that could fill multiple roles, including amphibious warfare operations, force projection, various aviation operations, area defence including security for Colonies that are sovereign territory and humanitarian and disaster relief operations for our marines.  
|Multi-Purpose Destroyer||USCM detachment of civil pacification corps under the direct command of the Provost Marshal. Detachment includes a majority force of RMP personnel, with a sufficient compliment of medical staff for colonial emergency situations related to both warfare related crisis and biological containment. Ship has been retrofitted and undergone two dry dock modification assignments in order to carry essential supplies to USCM vessels operating in fields of duty from their respective home systems. Due to it's high compliment of Military Police and colonial security personnel, it has mainly been assigned for transport of High Command personnel, high value government and corporate persons, and mass quantities of volatile cargo including but not limited to dropship armaments, orbital bombardment shells, and in rare cases nuclear payloads. As a result of it's role as a transport vessel of essential and high value cargo, it's armament includes a defensive compliment of twin railguns mounted on the port and starboard fore, with an additional four 80 megawatt infrared lasers placed both fore and aft, capable of vaporizing incoming railgun fire or crippling incoming missiles and possible boarding attempts from any direction. In extreme situations and in case of contamination in biological threats or extreme risk of safety of cargo or high value personnel, a single type 332 emergency escape vehicle (EEV) has been connected via umbilical mounts onto the underside of the vessel.  
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! scope="row" | CPT Chen 'DiscoKing' Westinton
!CPT Trianna Jesowitz
| Lillehammer || USS Galsevton
|[[File:USS_Francis_Velten_Badge.png|center|300x300px]]|| USS Francis Velten
| Heavy C&C/Electronic Warfare Cruiser || Now retired. High tech for it's time but not modular enough to continue service after the war. Being the Flagship it's task force it offered top tier fleet coordination abilities with it's high class Command & Control center. Also specialized in Electronic Warfare.
|Planetary Assault Ship||The USS Francis Velten, named after an early 21st century commander, is a Tarawa Class Planetary Assault ship designed for planetary assaults and strategic aerospace carrier support. Commissioned in 2185, in response to the campaign in the Neroid sector, the vessel is one of the more modern vessels assigned to the Third Fleet, with a focus on the planetary campaigns of the current times.


Chen's current position sees him enjoying a beautiful mohagany wood desk a massive stock pile of frequent flier miles from all the travel he does meeting Captains and coordinating supply efforts.  
Like the amphibious assault craft of times past, including the ship from which its class takes its name, the Velten is capable of fielding a Marine Expeditionary Brigade as well as a carrier wing of fighters, dropships, and support craft.  In exchange, the ship has no offensive weaponry on board, boasting only an adequate number of point defense systems, and depends on its escort and complement of fighters and strike craft for space warfare and fire support.
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! scope="row" | CPT Connor Anderson
! scope="row" |CPT Misti Rockwell
| [[File:USS_OBAMA.png|100px]] || USS Barack H. Obama
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| Destroyer || 3rd Fleet, 4th Division, 22nd Regiment, "Sky Guardians"
[[File:USS-Yokosuka.png|300x300px|thumb|center]]
||USS Yokosuka
|Light Cruiser||The Sabot Class was originally devised when High Command desired a quick, new design that was cheap and cost effective for the new patrol routes in the outer rim. The Sabot-class was designed as a Light Cruiser vessel, fitted with four missile tubes, two dorsal railgun arrays and a double array of Point-defense systems.


USS Obama is  a medium armored vessel with extraordinary speed, it's an experimental vessel specialized in boarding attempts. It's speed and armor allow it to ram hostile spaceships and the new AUD-28 dropships with their point defense lasers are able to reach the enemy's hangar with close to no damage.  
The first ships of the class were deployed by 2183, but their armament proved too indecisive to be of much use in an engagement. This, granted with their comparatively fragile size and lacking armour, made them easy targets. Rather than retrofitting the design with new weaponry, it was decided that a new, more heavily armed Cruiser-class would need to be drawn up entirely.
 
The remaining Sabot-class vessels were indeed retrofitted by 2187 however, with their missile armament entirely removed, and replaced by an additional array of Point-Defense systems. In addition, two heavy anti-aircraft guns were mounted on the ship, reducing its maximum speed. With only its two railguns remaining for desperate self-defence, the Sabot has officially been relegated to an AA Escort role.
 
The USS Yokosuka, under new command of Captain Rockwell, is one such vessel. The Captain has appealed to Chinook Station several times that an AA Escort was 'pointless', due to the nature of war they found themselves in, that being a primarily ground-based guerilla war against the Colonial Liberation Front. It was argued that the Rebels lacked any significant naval force, and that massed AA defenses, like those on the Yokosuka, were needless, and should be swapped out for higher calibre, orbital cannonades. Any such debates and requests have been denied by Chinook and the Rear Admiral, and the Yokosuka remains as the Second Division's anti-aircraft escort to this day.
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! scope="row" | CPT Wolfgang Schneider
! scope="row" |CPT James 'Tater' Pacheco
| Lillehammer || USS Phoenix
|N/A||USS Endora
| Cruiser || Outdated
| Medium SAR Frigate|| The USS Endora, a recently repaired and updated light support frigate equipped with the best medical and search and rescue equipment the third fleet can afford. Luckily there aren't many other ships of the sort to steal their budget. The Endora is also equipped with maintenance demanding engines capable of performing precise maneuvers, though they aren't designed for extreme speed. The Endora is equipped with 33 hypersleep chambers for the standing crew,  along with 60 extra chambers intended for rescued personnel. Each hypersleep block of 11 and 20 respectively have their own EEV sections, equipped specially for all environments. The EEVs also boast survival gear for Space, Sea, and land environments. The onboard crew hypersleep caskets are accompanied by their own quarters. Additional, non-permanent crew housing onboard consists of 3 barracks. The Endora is capable of planetary flight and landing maneuvers, intended for medivac of groundside personnel without the need of additional smaller craft. There is no outboard weaponry on the Endora, as it is not a combat craft. However it is equipped with heavy laser cutters intended for emergency shipbreaking and debris removal.
 
The standing crew is made up of a complement of 8 EVA specialists who are also trained in Emergency medical treatment, a medical complement of 4 doctors with accompanying nurses, one chief medical officer, a security detail of 10 armed USCM marines, a chief engineer along with 2 USCM senior engineers (it's a demanding ship). and a bridge crew consisting of the captain himself, and 2 bridge officers. The crew is mainly a skeleton crew, to make room for quarters and cryo chambers belonging to rescued personnel.
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! scope="row" | CPT Nelson M. Dollar
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| Lillehammer || USS Phoenix
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| Multipurpose Frigate || Fished from the last planetary battle of Betazed, the 'CLFS Chavréon' originally hailed from the Colonial Liberation Front's attempt at stealing prototype ship designs from the not-so-distant, synthetically autonomous Hangar & Research Station "Linkdriver". Despite numerous damages to both hull and infrastructure, its retrofit was funded with money gathered in the preceding battle's scrapyard. Baptized and renamed "USS Midas", the ship was yet another one of Captain Nelson M. Dollars financial sucesses, with its first deployment in the Third Fleet coming to light soon.
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! scope="row" | CPT Vadim Dmitriev
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| [[File:USS_Ga.png|100px]] || USS Georgia
! scope="col" |Insignia
| Corvette || Forty crew onboard to operate the vessel, alongside ten marines sourced from the 7th Platoon of Light Infantry, nicknamed the 'Lucky Sevens', for defensive operations onboard the vessel. The vessel itself is quite outdated, possessing only two ballistic weapons for point-defense purposes on the hull, alongside two 'torpedo' launch tubes. If required, it has a small hangar that can fit one vessel, of a small transport variety, or a small fighter variety, and the room to accommodate the flight crew necessary for said vessels.
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! scope="row" | CPT Irene Rockfelt
! scope="row" |CDRE William 'Jester' Crimson
| Lillehammer || USS Pleiades
|N/A || USS Reeducation
| CM-78A Graham-class Light Carrier || Similar to the CVL class aircraft carriers of old: the Pleiades is a light aerospace carrier of the 2nd Fleet, 3rd Aerospace Wing. It's unit the 17th Aerospace Squadron, 'Rough Riders' is entirely made up of support staff aside with the pilots themselves which make up approximately 3, from a depreciated 4 flights with one flight of heavy-lift dropships, two flights of medium-lift multiple purpose dropships and the depreciated flight of light reconnaissance vessels.  
|Support Carrier||An experimental prison and research vessel used deployed in large scale conflicts, it was commissioned due to the increase in colonial unrest, the growing conscripted masses within the USCM and unofficially, to serve as a neutral ground between the factions within the USCM.
 
The USS ReEducation has exceptional point defence and armour, however its weaponry is extremely lackluster, beyond a standard railgun designed to be used on stationary targets or planets below.


While the originally intended purpose of the Graham-class Light Carriers was to act in support of fleet actions it's found it's way to mainly working in ground support. Specifically the Pleiades works in humanitarian aid, transportation, staging infantry, and it's modular medium-lift vessels are capable of refitting to light space support or close-air-support actions.
This vessel has a unique railgun launcher, which is used to send specially designed droships with unique cryopods designed to take such speeds, through mapped space (Not without risk*) at extremely fast speeds to distant ships or outposts. Unfortunately, this can only be activated a few times before the transportation railgun is down for maintenance, meaning that it is often used only for issues which require high-command to personally on site, or to dispatch ERTs.


Currently on loan to the 3rd Fleet due to escalating conflicts with the CLF and the need for more capable support vessels.
41st Military Police Company "Honour Guard"
42nd Military Police Company "Peace Keepers"
2nd Military Intelligence Battalion "Orwell's Eyes"
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! scope="row" | CPT Bert 'SOAB' Beach
!CPT Charles Edwinson
| Lillehammer || USS Saxton
|N/A||USS Envoy
| Trifonas-Class Heavy Cruiser || USS Saxton is a standard-outfit Trifonas-Class Heavy Cruise, with three Sparrow-class boarding craft designated on each hanger, situated at the keel of the vessel.
|Planetary Assault Ship ||3rd Honour Guard Division. Typically dispatched on diplomatic missions or to escort VIPs throughout USCM territory. Powerful engines and advanced defence systems at the cost of reduced offensive weaponry. This ship is designed to endure and escape, not to fight.
As with all Trifonas-Class heavy cruisers, the USS Saxton comes equiped with a 5KTC TOW-BEAM, complimentary 6 light fighters, 4 Hansa Gun Battery emplacements, and 24 varied, small missiles platforms. A visible lack of point defence is to be noted when inspecting the USS Saxton.  
The primary task of USS Saxton is to engage and take over hostiles vessels, with the intent of reverse-engineering, or repurposing the hostile vessel for the UAA. The USS Saxton has been retrofitted in 2177, with extensions to its POW quarters, and a small research group assigned to assist handling Intel procured from the enemy forced. It is belived that during this timeframe, Captain Beach had begun utilizing non-standard issue equipment and hardware for the vessel and crewmen. The origin of the gear is uncertain, although Captain Beach has made some vague statements.  
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! scope="row" | CPT Charles Edwinson
!CPT Roscoe Carr
| Lillehammer || USS Envoy
|N/A||USS Centralia
| Light Cruiser || A light cruiser with modified engines, designed for rapid response. Frequently used in diplomatic escort missions rather than fleet combat or planetary invasions. 15th Peacekeeper Brigade and the 32nd Honour Guard Squad aboard.
|Kessler Protocol Compliance Vessel||Mostly unarmed support vessel designed to clear debris from orbit after space battles. Mandated by international law and legally protected in a way similar to hospital ships.
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! scope="row" | CPT Nick 'Chief' Weller
!CPT Zhilov Igorev
| Lillehammer || USS Kestrel
| N/A||USS Arcadia
| Recon Vessel || Recon vessel with a small detachment of marines for scouting purposes. Marine detachment is named 'Pathfinders'
|Raider Class Ship ||At 90 meters long it’s designed to quickly move in and out of battle zones to deliver heavy strikes thanks to three M-Class engines. She is armed with two heavy laser cannons, a large milled bay, an ion cannon and three gimbled turrets. The Arcadia is outfitted with a crew of 40 with 15 of them being marines trained in sabotage and stealth ops.
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!CPT Goosen Dagen
|+ class="nowrap" | Fourth Division
|N/A||USS Roosevelt
|Cruiser||Small vessel, lightly armored, but quick and can easily evade enemies when required. Efficiently designed, but not a model of comfort given it's small size. Crew capacity was designed for 50 members, with mostly small quarters, and limited areas of recreation. The majority of crew (originally and currently) are enlisted men, with minimal support from other departments. The vessel has never had a Liason of the powerful Weyland Yutani  corporation, as the missions of the vessel typically classified by the USCM, then and now.
 
Her armament was originally designed for strike missions against vessels and outposts, as she was christened in 2166 to assist with the developing conflict between the UPP. She participated in several skirmishes throughout "Space Nam", typically avoiding main areas of deployment in favor of surprise attacks on vulnerable targets, at times including civilian occupied areas. The actions of the vessel were a matter of public scrutiny for the UPP, often using the Roosevelt as an example of USCM violent excess during the conflict. However, by 2170 a ceasefire was negotiated, and the command members of the Roosevelt were subsequently highly decorated by high command of the USCM for their efforts during the conflict.
 
After the ceasefire with the UPP, the Roosevelt saw continued use against CLF forces for the next decade, participating in many conflicts against enemy bases of operation. Initially the mission was the same for the Roosevelt as it was during the previous conflict, and similarly received condemnation by the CLF for it's overtly hostile actions against civilians. However, as more battles raged across the years, it was clear the Roosevelt was showing it's age the longer the conflicts dragged out.
 
Resistance was more heavily fortified in CLF territories, and they were more well informed of the USCM movements. The technical superiority of the vessel was shattered, as was the fate of many others. Furthermore, the failure of USS Alistoun in the Neroid Sector lead to the most decisive defeat thus far. This significantly changed the military doctrine of the Third Fleet in many ways, which in particular affected the fate of the Roosevelt.
 
High command of the USCM were worried of several threats, CLF excluded, and thus updated the overall mission of the  Roosevelt to a role of scouting. Since 2180, She has maintained visibility of the outskirts of the UA where the Third Fleet is positioned. She still maintains a small deployment of senior military officers, just a Commander and Captain. The rest of the crew is mostly military, with some serving in other departments. Captain Goosen Dagen was transferred to the Roosevelt in November of 2189, and has since commanded the vessel.
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!CPT Jonathan Fox
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|N/A||USS Valor
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|Destroyer|| Retrofitted Vehicle
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The USS Valor is a destroyer class ship, with only 189 meters beeing smaller then the USS Almayer but equipped with stronger weaponary. It has loaded eight 0.75cm/140 Mark 74 General Atomics railguns, 35 Mark 33 ASAT-LS systems with mark nine nuclear warheads. But has only one AUD-25 Dropship with no armament and only a very small bataillon with no mechanized troops on board.
 
The USS Valor was created 2136, two years after The Arikara-class patrol transport vessel was intodruced. The USS Valor's main goal is to track and hunt hostile ships down. It was assigned to the third fleet and joined 2165 the Operation Canton.
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! scope="row" | CDRE Samantha Maverick
!CPT Faerwald Wulfe
| [[File:Yukon.png|100px]] || USS Yukon
|N/A||USS Hyperion
| Heavy Cruiser || The USS Yukon is the third in a line of Stonewall-class heavy cruisers designed for multi-role operations, force projection, and engagement against enemy craft.
|Science Frigate||Most of the ship is comprised of laboratories with high tech equipment and full of researchers be it from the USCM or outside contractors under strict NDA. Its primary job is to conduct experiments and research safely in deep space away from the prying eyes of civilian companies and outside powers like the UPP and CLF. On occasion the Hyperion can be seen performing other tasks like surveying unexplored planets, observing anomalies in space or performing weapon testing. Thanks to its equipment and laboratories as well as a very skilled medical team used to work with strict containment procedures and the strangest of wounds and diseases the Hyperion was on occasions sent to colonies suffering from widespread pandemics to swiftly deal with the situation.
Initially commissioned over 50 years ago, she was decommissioned in 2155 and recommissioned in the wake of the initial campaign on Tychon's Rift in 2181, being given a retrofit to cope with existing demands of technology. While its design is outdated, the ship has proven to be hardy in combat, facing off against foes during her first tour of duty and sustained moderate damage, giving it distinguished "battle scars" that can be seen in the hull repairs' slightly darker shade of gray paint.


Between 2181 and 2190, the ship roamed around the sector, conducting surveillance and counter-piracy operations; nothing special. In the wake of the reentry of the USCM into Tychon's Rift, however, it was brought up to the spotlight again to defend against those who oppose the entry of the Colonial Marines into the area.
The crew aboard is highly trained and split between crisis response teams and exploratory teams when being deployed on special missions.


With a length of roughly 297 meters, crew capacity of 410 (360 enlisted, 50 officers), the ship is by no means lacking in size; however proving to be lacking in speed capabilities, the ship draws from a 2170-era propulsion and FTL system, making for just over 0.66 light-years per day.
While the Hyperion is a science vessel it still carries a decent amount of armaments and can defend itself if attacked. It carries ship to ship missiles as well as two large caliber front facing cannons designed both for ship to ship combat as well as limited orbital bombardment. It is also usually fitted with all kinds of experimental weaponry currently being tested and while unreliable it can prove devastating in some situations.  
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! scope="row" | CPT Joseph 'Joe' Clancy
 
| Lillehammer || USS Howard
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| Planetary Assault Ship || Retrofitted Colonial Transport, with updated cryogenic storage after a past history of permafreezing incidents.  Very minimal weapon mountings, but a respectable marine detachment and three UD-4 'Cheyenne' Dropships.  Slow, flimsy, and lovingly dubbed the 'USS Shithole' for it's spartan living conditions.
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! scope="row" | CPT Katashi Juro
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| Lillehammer || USS Iwo Jima
! scope="col" |Insignia
| Planetary Assault Ship ||  An outdated yellow jacket-class planetary assault ship. Carries the 442nd and 443rd colonial marine battalions. Carries 20 UD-4 class assault shuttlecraft and six outdated UD-2 interceptors. Armament consists of two CIWS batteries, six MK33 ASAT launchers, and four orbital bombardment cannons. Total marines number around 500. The ship is used for anti-insurgency operations throughout the system and is able to assault fortified positions with its orbital cannons. The ship is usually escorted by one or two frigates as it is vulnerable to attack from other spacecraft.
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! scope="row" | CPT Kaitlynn 'Maverick' Lawson
! scope="row" |CDRE Goddard Pearsall
| Lillehammer || USS Unitus
| N/A||USS Icarus
| Light Cruiser || The vessel is a outdated model of Cruisers in 2080. With specialization in Orbital bombing the USS Unitus has poor AA defense due to its old age and lack of budget to maintain the ship most of the AA weaponry needed to be removed and is in the waiting list to be retrofitted. Its crew numbers 250.
|Cruiser- Operations Carrier||Less a warship and more a testing platform/mobile blacksite, the Icarus is part of a proposed new fleet doctrine of carrier primacy. Much of the ship's lower deck is occupied by a hangar bay servicing a collection of ten fighters and three bombers. High mechanization allows craft to be refueled and rearmed in record time before deployment. Connected to the bridge, an experimental long-range sensor array allows the Icarus to detect and identify targets beyond the detection range of the rest of the fleet, as well as assisting ships in finding firing solutions on enemy ships. The main weakness of the Icarus, however, is its direct-combat capability in space and ground combat: due to the space taken by the hangar and power requirements for the various support systems, the ship is unable to hold or field a Marine detachment and lacks larger weapons platforms to allow orbital bombardment or long-range engagements. With anti-missile/anti-fighter point-defense and light, short-range armaments, the Icarus' primary defense is its fighter/bomber complements and ability to assist the fleet in engaging other ships through sensor tracking.
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! scope="row" | CPT Nathon 'Boeing' Stafford
!CPT Sofia Eder
| Lillehammer || USS Roosevelt
|N/A|| USS Hall
| Planetary Assault Ship || Modified PAS vessel with engines meant for quick movement in-and-out of areas within American space. Armed with the 5th Battalion "Death Valley Vikings". Mostly used for deployment on colonies with higher temperatures and climates.
|Destroyer||A Patton-Class destroyer, a quintessential workhorse of the UA Fleet at large. Armed with a respectable array of mass drivers which set the standard for its class and a decent PD coverage, this line of destroyers is also notable for being one of the rare destroyer classes with a dedicated torpedo array, featuring a purpose-built torpedo rack which allows for rapid reloads mid-combat. Features a shuttle bay holding a shuttle capable of atmospheric entry, with a carry capacity of roughly two fireteams' worth of personnel. This particular Patton-class has had its engine assembly insulated as well, making it easier for the ship to 'go dark' in order to reduce its sensor profile.
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! scope="row" | CPT Jacque Devereaux
!CPT Adam Hilt
| Lillehammer || USS Alabama
|N/A|| USS Imperial Eagle
| Cruiser || Outdated Cruiser. Has yet to receive major refit.  
|Planetary Assault Ship|| The USS Imperial Eagle is a retrofitted missile cruiser redesigned towards boarding action and planetary assault missions. Outdated towards the turn of the decade, rather than dismantle it, the ship went the route of many missile cruisers. Its generally sizeable hull making it ideal for hosting large bodies of troops and munitions. While still capable of its prior functions, many of its main weapon systems have been redesigned towards bombardment and indirect fire support for operations and Marine companies. Along the side of the ship are a pair of two sleek lightning bolts encircle by a wreath with an Eagle mounting it, representing Hilts long and cultured history in service to the US and the heritage of the Marine detachment aboard. Hilt replaced CPT Bateman on the ship, as the former was wounded during the campaign against the Terrarists. The Marine unit aboard is the “Thunderbirds”. The Thunderbirds are a notoriously aggressive unit, recognised fleet wide for their jackboots and unique marching style. Many other marines accuse them of war crimes or brutality, however they always manage to come out clean. This is only exasperated by the current Commander who is notorious for his love of groundside operations, almost always refusing to sit in the CIC during combat drops. Traditionally, the ship has been apart of 1st Division.
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! scope="row" | CPT Caryl Bernhaben
!CPT Oleg Akimov
| Lillehammer || USS Kadeianren
|N/A||USS Aurora
| Dedicated Troop Transport || It is a retrofitted Troop Carrier Vessel with Teo Marine Companies and an attached Mechanized Brigade
|Cruiser||Conceived during late stages of Tientsin Campaign.
Thanks to short lived patriotic uplift all over United Americas, WY managed to slide Aurora, among other projects, into the controversial omnibus spending bill. Aurora was designed to have a distinct feature - retractable magnetic trawl on bow. Trawl's sole purpose is to prevent weaponized collisional cascading. At the time of the construction it was largely theorized that enemy can prevent effective fleet maneuvers using “fields” of space debris and mines at high orbit. This theory is yet to be tested in real combat. As all things that made to be jack of all trades, Aurora is a master of none. Increased mass makes Aurora less mobile than most of the cruisers. Because of trawl gun ports and turrets located on sides of the ship(still facing bow) and cannot be used while trawl is extended. Overall armament on Aurora is underpowered and reduced in quantity. Crew and marine compartments both reduced in size and comfort.
 
3rd Fleet. Contains “Icebreakers” Company
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! scope="row" | CPT Wallace Harwood
!CPT Viktor Kleiner
| [[File:USS_Harvest.png|100px]] || USS Harvest
|[[File:USS_Lowë.png|center|400x400px]]||USS Lowë
| Troop Transport || An outdated Bougainville-class Troop Transport Vessel capable or holding around 90 troops or if needed PoW's out of cryo at a time, and another 2000 in hypersleep, is currently being used as a Joint-Collaboration Vessel between the United Americas and the RESS Holds the 3rd Fleet 2nd Battalion 8th Marines 'Oopsie Daisies' and the RESS Royal Marine 5th Expeditionary 3rd Battalion 'Princess of Osaka'
|Kreuzer class, Heavy assault cruiser||The USS Lowë is an assault heavy cruiser, designed to enter space battlefields to cripple enemy ships with 6 medium range batteries and 3 point targeting missiles. The USS Lowë has 5 point defense cannons and 2 concussion missiles. The vessel has a secret method of winning battles, it can ram other vessels with a top speed of 301 m/s, heavily damaging the ship hulls. Despite retrofitted, the Lowë's hull still stands strong.
The USS Lowë is currently designated in the 3rd Fleet, 4th Division, 4th Brigade, 1st Battalion, it holds the 'Lowë Pack' battalion under the direct command of Captain Viktor Kleiner, also known as BEER-5 or Beer. The USS Lowë was stationed in Eridani but has been recently transferred to the 5th Division to lead and counter the Terraist threat in the Herculis sector , under the command of and supervision of Rear Admiral Frans Feiffer.
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! scope="row" | CPT Tyrus ''Shoeless'' Jackson
!CPT Balto Dreg
| [[File:uss-silent-dawn.png|100px]] || USS Silent Dawn
| N/A||USS Dreggornaught
| Cruiser || USS Silent Dawn is assigned to the 4th Colonial Marine Division, 1st Advanced Recon Brigade, 6th Taskforce ‘’Winter Wolves’’. The USS Silent Dawn is a reconnaissance search and destroy vessel. Its primary purpose is to perform tactical strikes via stealth operations. Its augmented with an experimental VPES (vapor eject system) that allows for camouflage on long range radar due to masking as space distortions (coronal mass ejection, asteroids clusters etc). The Winter Wolves detachment is made of marine volunteers that desired to be sent on high risk missions. The marines are comprised of terminally ill, critical debt holders, and those seeking the most dangerous deployments.
|Dreadnought Classed Battleship||The USS Dreggornuaght is the only last serving Dreadnought in the navy after its early days as original battleships of the USCM Navy. It has been retrofitted from its previous Dreadnoughts making it the last and only modernized Dreadnought to date. The USS Dreggornaught Nought was outfitted for partial planetary assault and more so Space combat with the previous Dreadnought weapons added to its arsenal. It consisted of the  1st Battalion "Metal Jackets" consisting of Colonial Marine 1st, 2nd, 3rd platoons. It as well consisted of the 4th Armored Rhino Tank Platoon consisting of over 3 heavily modified Medium Tanks and one heavily modified heavy tank referred to as the Dregg Tank. Multiple big guns I would say few OBs and outdated and few modern heavy ship cannons for naval aspect or modified Dreadnought with multiple barrages of Oribitial Batteries for naval/planetery assault.
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! scope="row" | CPT Alberto 'Topper' Staffer
! CPT Robert Dangerzone Hale
| Lillehammer || USS Vanguard
|N/A ||USS Berlin
| Frigate || Retrofitted Boehm-Class Frigate, designed for patrolling contested space with the ability to punch slightly above its own weight class.
|Support Vessel||Mass transport, the white elephant of the fleet. Originally designed to ferry men and material enough to fortify a conquered world, now for the most part mothballed with only skeleton crew onboard, used as hospital during the fallout of the Crusade.
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|+ class="nowrap" |Fifth Division
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! scope="row" | CDRE Viktor 'Beer' Kleiner
! scope="row" |CDRE Connor Anderson
| [[File:USS_Lowë.png|100px]] || USS Lowë
| [[File:USS_OBAMA.png|center|400x400px]]||USS Barack H. Obama
| Kreuzer class, Heavy cruiser || The USS Lowë is an assault heavy cruiser, designed to enter space battlefields to cripple enemy ships with 6 medium range batteries and 3 point targeting missiles. The USS Lowë has 5 point defense cannons and 2 concussion missiles. The vessel has a secret method of winning battles, it can ram other vessels with a top speed of 301 m/s, heavily damaging the ship hulls. Despite retrofitted, the Lowë's hull still stands strong.
|Destroyer|| 3rd Fleet, 4th Division, 22nd Regiment, "Sky Guardians"


The USS Lowë is currently designated in the 3rd Fleet, 5th Division, 4th Brigade, 1st Battalion, it holds the 'Lowë Pack' battalion under the direct command of Captain Viktor Kleiner, also known as BEER-5 or Beer. The USS Lowë was stationed in Eridani but has been recently transferred to the 5th Division to lead and counter the Terraist threat in the Herculis sector , under the command of and supervision of Rear Admiral Frans Feiffer.
USS Obama is a medium armored vessel with extraordinary speed, it's an experimental vessel specialized in boarding attempts. It's speed and armor allow it to ram hostile spaceships and the new AUD-28 dropships with their point defense lasers are able to reach the enemy's hangar with close to no damage.  
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! scope="row" | CPT Jim Baldie
! scope="row" | CPT Charles 'Boston' Ellis
| Lillehammer || USS Indomitable
|N/A ||USS Massachusetts
| Frigate || Despite its ageing subsystems and dated weaponry, the Indomitable is well cared for and fully functional. Helmed by the charismatic and enthusiastic Captain Jim Baldie, it seemingly retains a full crew complement at all times and is often one of the first USCM vessels in line for testing of experimental naval equipment. While it's unknown why the Indomitable is chosen in particular for this honour, rumour has it that its skipper has friends in high places in the Company, who are occasionally willing to pull strings in exchange for his continued cooperation.
|Cruiser||Named primarily for the USS Massachusetts (BB-59), the ship is a rapid response vessel sent on missions where larger ships would be impractical or more often too expensive. Much of the ship is a combination of outdated parts from when the ship was last properly outfitted in 2180, and more recent weaponry that were scrounged up from various UCSM supply depots and captured enemy munitions.  
 
The ship normally carries a light, tightly knit crew during it's distant missions, but is capable of moving a larger force if the need be. Standard troop load is approximately 100-150 men, but when necessary the USS Massachusetts carries enough space and supplies for a company on deck and another company in cryosleep.
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! scope="row" | CPT Pammy "Mother" Summers
! scope="row" |CPT Vadim Dmitriev
| Lillehammer || USS Pumpkin Spice
|[[File:USS_Ga.png|center|400x400px]]|| USS Georgia
| Battleship || This class ship is a colossal celestial tool of destruction. It is designed to enter combat from the outset, targeting enemies at range and firing salvo after salvo at them, and to remain intact on the battlefield until every heretic insight has been torn to shreds.
|Corvette||Operates with forty five souls onboard as the primary crew, with a maximum capacity of sixty souls, minimum armament, primarily ballistic. Outdated Corvette design, plans to retrofit in a effort to keep it a effective screening vessel.
 
The USS Pumpkin Spice has a top speed of 289 m/s  due to his mass of  103200000kg with heavy armored plates and a cargo volume of 750 m3. The armament of the vessel consists of 4 railguns (2 on the top floor and 2 in the lower floor) of 425 mm, with a top efficient range of 96 km. To assist targeting small vessels at a short-range the ship is equipped with a basic close-range scan module with a range of 495m. To avoid a blackout while firing the railguns and powering up the engines the vessel has a nuclear reactor capable of generating 1785000 MW.
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! scope="row" | CPT Sofia Racic
! scope="row" |CPT Benson Gusman
| Lillehammer || USS Fianna
|N/A||USS Louis
| Heavy Corvette || Not originally designed to support planetary operations in any meaningful capacity, this Chirp-Class heavy frigate has been retrofitted with troop compartments, granting it the ability to deploy a squads' worth of marines. Usually employed for deployment of scouting or storm teams, the vessel is also capable of performing casualty evacuation, should enemy air and/or anti-aircraft presence in the area prove too troublesome for a standard AUD-25 Dropship to handle. Should the need arise, this dated design's modularity allows for a reasonably uncomplicated refit with ship-to-ship weaponry, allowing the vessel to act as an unusually heavy strike craft capable of engaging destroyers-class vessels.
|Escort Frigate||The USS Louis is a brand new Escort Frigate, only being christened in 2187 (Three years ago) however, due to last-minute budget cuts the contract to build it was given to third-rate contractors. Due to this, it has become plagued with issues and has been in the dock for most of its service life, only managing to complete its second patrol at the very beginning of 2190. However, with many of the issues sussed and sorted the Louis is still yet to prove itself as a very capable ship sporting modern (though somewhat unreliable) weapons systems, sensors, countermeasures, etc. Its duty is to escort patrol transports/Carriers in relatively unsafe areas and to also provide support to them. Has a couple of newer multirole fighters as well as one AUD-35 dropship and an advanced XQ-98C 'Spectre' Drone in its hanger space.
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! scope="row" | CPT Anna 'Pepper' Costello
! scope="row" |CPT Elzbieta Brygida
| Lillehammer || USS Mare Nectaris
|N/A|| USS Nunavut SW-2
| Support Vessel (Cargoship, Fuelship, Towship) ||Retrofitted Logistics vessel. It uses the same body of an old Conestoga class--previously having almost been decommissioned to the sheer amount of damage it had sustained on previous engagements.  
|Stealth Frigate||A rare sight and exception to the essentially outdated ships of the Third Fleet, the USS Nunavut SW-2 is a top-notch experimental stealth frigate, the result of a joint program between the USCM and the W-Y Aerospace department together with the wide use of "Borrowed" technology and schematics from the TWE, the ship is the second of its line, the Specter-class, after the premature destruction of the first model by foreign agents. Its proficiencies include reconnaissance, stealth engagements, force projection, ship boarding, electronic warfare, and sabotage. The starship which stands at a length of 210 meters and is able to swiftly garrison from 60 to 120 crew members was initially ordered at 2180 and kept under military secret to avoid any type of unwanted attention, due to the dimensions of the project and the use of unusual technology, the Nunavut took around 7 years to be fully constructed and commissioned by the USCM, despite its size compared to the other titanic ships of the fleet, the starship is more than armed, enjoying the use of multiple point defense systems, disruptor torpedoes, and a massive dual-cannon railgun covered and stored within the lower parts of the ship.


Old ship, dating back around when Conestogas were still new, it has seen A LOT of battles and is still somehow afloat by the sheer willpower of the engineering team and pure miracles. Mare Nostrum is modified with less firepower, replacing most of it's missile/torpedo tubes with fuel tank connectors for ship-to-ship refueling on both sides. it is, however, VERY well armored (and thus much heavier) than a normal Conestoga. Redundant armor plating on the front making it strong enough to ram through a corvette without taking a scratch, additional side armor plates. The point defense guns also have better, more modern software targeting which makes them slightly better at taking out threats before they get sufficiently close, but the ship still needs escorts to be fully secure.  
Despise all its peculiar characteristics, the main characteristic of the Nunavut is its stealth systems and engines, the ship is able to temporarily hide its signatures through the use of radar jammers and the sinking of heat within the hull whilst refrigerating the exterior hull, allowing the crew to travel behind enemy lines and disputed sectors with ease whilst not leaving any trace to be followed by the enemy, although such thing isn't achieved without risks, the heat stored needs to be released one hour or another, otherwise, it would be more than enough to radiate the entire crew and fry diverse vital systems. One of the main weaknesses of the Nunavut is also her lack of proper defensive plating usually present on the heavy ships of the Third Fleet but the absence of so also leaves room for it's six highly advanced engines powered by a nuclear fusion plant, that way managing to achieve above-average sub FTL speeds.


Despite the additional weight, the Mare Nectarius is surprisingly not slower than it's brothers. The engine and power grid has also been modernized somewhat to still maintain the original Conestoga's speed, though still lacking some of it's maneuverability. Overall the entire ship has been tinkered and modified so much that the official manuals for this class of ship are ALMOST COMPLETELY USELESS, and most of the manuals had to be rewritten by the senior engineering stuff specifically for this retrofit and all of the staff taken from the more experienced of engineers and technicians, of which there are two 'senior' Lieutenant Commander engineers aboard, along with a large engineering team specialized in supply operations, salvaging, and refueling. They are, mostly, all senior or elite members in this department. None in the engineering staff is quite sure if this ship is absolutely and hopelessly cursed, or incredibly blessed.
As of 2190, the ship was transferred from the 1st to the 3rd Fleet for field testing over the remote sector of Neroid, under the full command of Captain Elzbieta Brygida and her saboteur commando, the 3042.
 
A single battalion is stationed on this ship, on active duty. The "Thieving Crows", all of whom are specially trained in EVA operations and Ship-to-Ship combat. This battalion is also regarded as a "reserve" assignment, as they rarely get to do much fighting.
 
The ship, much like it's normal brother, has hangar bays and can deploy up to 3 Cheyenne Dropships, and is equipped with larger orbital drop pods ontop of the normal launch tubes for bulk supply drops.  
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! scope="row" | CPT Hazel Ray
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| Lillehammer || USS Thunderstrike
| Cruiser || A retrofitted cruiser designed for long range attack against other ships. Outfitted with missile batteries, point defense autocannons and a single railgun undergoing field testing.
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! scope="row" | CPT Oleg Akimov
| Lillehammer || USS Aurora
| Cruiser || Conceived during late stages of Tientsin Campaign.
Thanks to short lived patriotic uplift all over United Americas, WY managed to slide Aurora, among other projects, into the controversial omnibus spending bill.
Aurora was designed to have a distinct feature - retractable magnetic trawl on bow.
Trawl's sole purpose is to prevent weaponized collisional cascading. At the time of the construction it was largely theorized that enemy can prevent effective fleet maneuvers using “fields” of space debris and mines at high orbit. This theory is yet to be tested in real combat. As all things that made to be jack of all trades, Aurora is a master of none. Increased mass makes Aurora less mobile than most of the cruisers. Because of trawl gun ports and turrets located on sides of the ship(still facing bow) and cannot be used while trawl is extended. Overall armament on Aurora is underpowered and reduced in quantity. Crew and marine compartments both reduced in size and comfort.


3rd Fleet. Contains “Firestarters” Company
====Support Divisions ====
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! scope="row" | CPT Orlando 'Florida' Blackburn
| Lillehammer || USS The Precise Nature Of The Catastrope
| Stealth Battlecruiser || Outdated but partially retrofitted. Way too many guns, very light armor, strong engines, stealth systems.
 
An almost completely nonsensical design for a ship, the USS The Precise Nature Of The Catastrope is designed to provide an massive amount of unexpected firepower and support while remaining undetectable to conventional scanning methods. This ship borders on being the size of a battleship and is armed like one, though the lighter armor plating makes it less than effective in direct combat against ships of a similar tonnage. Making use of multiple older stealth systems working in tandem, including standard chaff, radar jammers, and comms scrambling, the ship is capable of maneuvering into advantageous positions before or during a conflict, disabling all of the stealth systems, and redirecting all power to the weaponry. The USS The Precise Nature Of The Catastrope is also accompanied by a modest but experienced battalion of marines trained in stealth and unconventional warfare, making them especially dangerous when deployed in situations that enemy combatants were not prepared for.
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! scope="row" | CPT Michelle Grimes
| Lillehammer || USS Saffron
| Planetary Assault Ship || Hosts the 6th 'Grazing Bucks' Battalion. Generally outdated ship though retrofitted modern orbital bombardment and propulsion systems.
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|+ class="nowrap" |12th MP Division
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! scope="row" |PvM Claymore Allister
|N/A||USS Constitution
| Retrofitted Planetary Assault Ship||A highly luxurious vessel with little exterior weaponry used by the provost and his honor guard to travel around as required by his duties.
It is a retrofitted planetary assault ship that has extra storage space made for his own private office and quarters with the added benefit of new secure cells to contain and transport high risk prisoners around.
Response teams of specially trained riot police accompany the provost outside of the honor guard and make up the bulk personnel as they are deployed to colonies and areas which require a reminder of the USCM and its presence.
On a last note, its also one of the two places where court martials of severe incidents get brought up in its highly modern and extremly luxurious court hall.
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== Mission ==
==Mission==
The Second Battlegroup is tasked with search-and-destroy within the Herculis Sector under the Third Fleet, primarily the sector of Tychon's Rift due to the sudden influx of colonial rebellions occurring and requests from local marshals for reinforcements in putting down insurrection. The Battlegroup however faces various issues including strained logistical supply lanes bogged down by distance and guerilla attacks from varying factions, poor weaponry maintenance, and low manpower due to a strained budget. Any hope of victory can only be achieved with new methods as attrition continues to tear away at the Battle-Group making it painfully obvious a drawn-out conflict is no longer an option.
The Second Battlegroup is tasked with search-and-destroy within the Herculis Sector under the Third Fleet, primarily the sector of Neroid due to the sudden influx of colonial rebellions occurring and requests from local marshals for reinforcements in putting down insurrection. The Battlegroup however faces various issues including strained logistical supply lanes bogged down by distance and guerilla attacks from varying factions, poor weaponry maintenance, and low manpower due to a strained budget. Any hope of victory can only be achieved with new methods as attrition continues to tear away at the Battle-Group making it painfully obvious a drawn-out conflict is no longer an option.




As of 2190, just like all of the Third Fleet the Second Battle-Group operates out of Chinook 91 GSO station a military space station in geosynchronous orbit around the colony world Georgia 525 (70 Ophiuchi A V). Due to to increasing security concerns the Second Battle-Group has begun detaching its Reserve Division to defend the military space station from any potential threat that may target the heart of the Third Fleet.
As of 2190, just like all of the Third Fleet the Second Battle-Group operates out of Chinook 91 GSO station a military space station in geosynchronous orbit around the colony world Georgia 525 (70 Ophiuchi A V). Due to to increasing security concerns the Second Battle-Group has begun detaching its Reserve Division to defend the military space station from any potential threat that may target the heart of the Third Fleet.


= Ideology =
=Ideology=
Since the eruption of the war on insurgency following the disasters at Tientsin there has been notable debate among military officers as to how to pursue a victory with the war only continuing to drag on and attrition and budgets straining the USCM. Three notable factions by 2190 had taken rise among the fleets, especially the Third Fleet which finds itself constantly engulfed in an endless guerilla campaign with the CLF.
Since the eruption of the war on insurgency following the disasters at Tientsin there has been notable debate among military officers as to how to pursue a victory with the war only continuing to drag on and attrition and budgets straining the USCM. Three notable factions by 2190 had taken rise among the fleets, especially the Third Fleet which finds itself constantly engulfed in an endless guerilla campaign with the CLF.


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!Description
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! Hawks
!Hawks
| [[File:pngfuel.com (1).png|100px]]
|[[File:Pngfuel.com_(1).png|center|100x100px]]
| The Hawks are a far-right leaning faction that emerged following the end of the Sol Campaign with the belief that the colonist uprisings can only be halted with iron and blood. Their main support dwindled following the ending of the Tientsin Campaign which led to the outlawing of nuclear weapons being used against colonies due to the humanitarian disaster that had emerged in the aftermath. However, with the war on insurgency dragging on and casualties mounting the upper-brass of the USCM has begun once again reconsidering the option of ‘more forceful measures’ including the potential of once again permitting the use of nuclear weaponry on colonial worlds and the suspension of colonial governments and enactment of martial law through the sector.  
|The Hawks are a far-right leaning faction that emerged following the end of the Sol Campaign with the belief that the colonist uprisings can only be halted with iron and blood. Their main support dwindled following the ending of the Tientsin Campaign which led to the outlawing of nuclear weapons being used against colonies due to the humanitarian disaster that had emerged in the aftermath. However, with the war on insurgency dragging on and casualties mounting the upper-brass of the USCM has begun once again reconsidering the option of ‘more forceful measures’ including the potential of once again permitting the use of nuclear weaponry on colonial worlds and the suspension of colonial governments and enactment of martial law through the sector.
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! Doves
!Doves
| [[File:pngwing.com (2).png|100px]]
|[[File:Pngwing.com_(2).png|center|100x100px]]
| The Doves are a left-leaning faction that rose following the humanitarian crisis on Mars after the Sol Campaign had been waged and won. Their firm belief was that the only way to unite colonies with the Earth Government was by fighting and winning the ‘war of heart’ through negotiation, humanitarian aid, and less usage of military assets. Following the Tientsin Campaign the Doves saw a major increase in popularity among the officer corps and successfully pressed the government to outlaw the use of nuclear weapons against colonial worlds. However, since the War on Insurgency the belief that the ‘war of heart’ could still be won began to wither with the relentless years of war crimes, casualties, and growing distrust of the USCM by CLF-aligned colonies. However there is still hope that the colonies and Sol can be reunified through compassion and unity.
|The Doves are a left-leaning faction that rose following the humanitarian crisis on Mars after the Sol Campaign had been waged and won. Their firm belief was that the only way to unite colonies with the Earth Government was by fighting and winning the ‘war of heart’ through negotiation, humanitarian aid, and less usage of military assets. Following the Tientsin Campaign the Doves saw a major increase in popularity among the officer corps and successfully pressed the government to outlaw the use of nuclear weapons against colonial worlds. However, since the War on Insurgency the belief that the ‘war of heart’ could still be won began to wither with the relentless years of war crimes, casualties, and growing distrust of the USCM by CLF-aligned colonies. However there is still hope that the colonies and Sol can be reunified through compassion and unity.
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! Songbirds
!Songbirds
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| The Songbirds are military industrial complex supporters who lean heavily towards policies pushed and supported for major corporations such as Weston-Yamada. Their main support emerged during the early days of the emergence of WY which had begun investing heavily into the USCM. Officers who align themselves as Songbirds echo that the corporations are strong allies and it would be harmful to push or restrict purchasing and contracts with them. It’s rumored Songbirds are among the wealthiest of officers in the USCM primarily due to bribes likely received to ‘overlook’ certain incidents that might be damaging to Weston-Yamada or other corporations who pay for influence and sell weapons to the USCM. Their interest aligning with the hawks or doves on specific issues falls on the cost and benefits, if it means losing a colony it could be doves but if it means killing some rebelling colonists and keeping the colony, it likely could be the hawks. Money is power and a path to greater standing.
|The Songbirds are military industrial complex supporters who lean heavily towards policies pushed and supported for major corporations such as Weyland Yutani. Their main support emerged during the early days of the emergence of WY which had begun investing heavily into the USCM. Officers who align themselves as Songbirds echo that the corporations are strong allies and it would be harmful to push or restrict purchasing and contracts with them. It’s rumored Songbirds are among the wealthiest of officers in the USCM primarily due to bribes likely received to ‘overlook’ certain incidents that might be damaging to Weyland Yutani or other corporations who pay for influence and sell weapons to the USCM. Their interest aligning with the hawks or doves on specific issues falls on the cost and benefits, if it means losing a colony it could be doves but if it means killing some rebelling colonists and keeping the colony, it likely could be the hawks. Money is power and a path to greater standing.
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! Other/Unaligned
!Other/Unaligned
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| It is not uncommon for officers both new and old to distance themselves from the politics that surround their career and mission to serve the USCM. Some often develop their own opinions far different from the main ideologies on how the issues USCM faces should be dealt with and thus find themselves often supporting one of the big three if it aligns with their own beliefs. Lobbying by both the Doves and Hawks to gain the support of these Officers is not uncommon within the Fleets.
|It is not uncommon for officers both new and old to distance themselves from the politics that surround their career and mission to serve the USCM. Some often develop their own opinions far different from the main ideologies on how the issues USCM faces should be dealt with and thus find themselves often supporting one of the big three if it aligns with their own beliefs. Lobbying by both the Doves, Hawks, and Songbirds to gain the support of these Officers is not uncommon within the Fleets.
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== Ideology of the Battlegroup ==
==Ideology of the Battlegroup==


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| '''BATTLEGROUP REPORT (As of 7/2/2190)'''
|'''BATTLEGROUP REPORT (As of 7/2/2190)'''
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* <span style="color:#0000FF">Hawks: 49%</span>
*<span style="color:#0000FF">Hawks: 49%</span>
 
*<span style="color:red">Doves: 28.6%</span>
 
*<span style="color:orange">Songbirds: 10.2%</span>
 
*<span style="color:green">Other/Non-Aligned: 12%</span>
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*<span style="color:#0000FF">Hawks: 51.4%</span>


* <span style="color:red">Doves: 28.6%</span>
*<span style="color:red">Doves: 24.3%</span>


* <span style="color:orange">Songbirds: 10.2%</span>
*<span style="color:orange">Songbirds: 5.4%</span>


* <span style="color:green">Other/Non-Aligned: 12%</span>
*<span style="color:green">Other/Non-Aligned: 18.9%</span>
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= Current Crisis =
= Current Crisis=


==Colonial Liberation Front (War on Insurgency)==
==Colonial Liberation Front (War on Insurgency)==
The fight against the CLF in Tychon's Rift Sector and various other small cells appearing in other sectors has been ongoing for over a decade with no end in sight. Now with an estimated manpower of 150,000 the CLF heavily outnumbers local USCM forces even with shoddy equipment. Casualties and fleet losses continue to accumulate by the day with guerilla fighting taking its toll on USCM forces. A decision on a new approach to the war on insurgency has to be made if there is to be any hope of success.
The fight against the CLF in the Neroid Sector and various other small cells appearing in other sectors has been ongoing for over a decade with no end in sight. Now with an estimated manpower of 150,000 the CLF heavily outnumbers local USCM forces even with shoddy equipment. Casualties and fleet losses continue to accumulate by the day with guerilla fighting taking its toll on USCM forces. A decision on a new approach to the war on insurgency has to be made if there is to be any hope of success.




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==Terraist Crusade==
== Terraist Crusade==
The Order of Terra, a devout religious sect of roman catholics dedicated to the expulsion and destruction of the colonies through holy crusade due to their belief of earth being the one and only true home to humanity have become a major problem in the outer-colonies. Their tactics involving terrorist attacks on civilian populations and military forces have earned them the ironic nickname of ‘terraists’ in their attempts to purge the colonies in favor of earth. There has been belief that the Vatican has been personally funding the order however Pope Pius XII has denied such allegations. They have established several major installations in asteroid belts which they have dubbed ‘The Crusader States’. To wipe them out would mean gaining colonial favor and good press, however to eradicate them completely would mean destroying an enemy of the CLF and rebellious colonies.
The Order of Terra, a devout religious sect of roman catholics dedicated to the expulsion and destruction of the colonies through holy crusade due to their belief of earth being the one and only true home to humanity have become a major problem in the outer-colonies. Their tactics involving terrorist attacks on civilian populations and military forces have earned them the ironic nickname of ‘terraists’ in their attempts to purge the colonies in favor of earth. There has been belief that the Vatican has been personally funding the order however Pope Pius XII has denied such allegations. They have established several major installations in asteroid belts which they have dubbed ‘The Crusader States’. To wipe them out would mean gaining colonial favor and good press, however to eradicate them completely would mean destroying an enemy of the CLF and rebellious colonies.
By 2190 after the Battle of Fomalhaut System or '''OPERATION: FALLEN ANGEL''', the Terraists were largely scattered or taken as POWs and await pending trials by the Judiciary branches of the military for warcrimes against colonial civilians. Intelligence reports the chances of the Order becoming a threat again are unlikely however UA forces remain wary in Herculis, believing that religion cannot be so easily forgotten.

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Overview

Established in 2190 during the reorganization of the Third Fleet following the retirement of Admiral Jefferson Heltin after the death of his wife and children in a CLF terrorist attack and the promotion of Vice Admiral James Bulwark. The Second Battlegroup primarily consists of outdated and retrofitted vessels that have seen service as far back as the Tientsin Campaign. Placed under the command of Rear Admiral Frans Feiffer the Battlegroup consists of five naval divisions totaling 50+ vessels, a military police division of around 5,000 MPs, a marine division totaling 25,000, and a dozen of support vessels including a dedicated hospital vessel which supplies naval vessels with doctors, researchers, and other medical equipment.

By 2191 after the disaster in the Fomalhaut System during OPERATION: FALLEN ANGEL the Second Battlegroup remains in a state of decline. Rear Admiral Bjorn was selected to fill the empty position left by the assassinated Rear Admiral Frans Feiffer who died to agents of the Order of Terra while en-route to his flagship from Chinook GSO-91 Station. Many Commanding Officers perished, have gone missing, or retired due to the outcome of the battle. Now stretched across the Neroid sector even further with less assets the Battlegroup must make tough decisions to stand a chance in maintaining UA's hold over the subsector.

Organization

USCN Structure

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Battlegroup Structure

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Rank Structure

Role Description Eligibility
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Colonel | Col
The designated superior of the entire Battle-Group. The Colonel is the supervisor of every division and is responsible for the appointment of Lieutenant Colonels who oversee the naval divisions beneath their Battle-group. Their authority is supreme and they hold the power to promote Lieutenant Colonels and strip Majors of their ranks should they be disgracing the officer-corps through violation of procedures. CO Senator
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Lieutenant Colonel | LtCol
Chosen Majors by the Colonel to serve as Division heads and as advisors to the Colonel as their chiefs of staff. The Lieutenant Colonels are entrusted with the organization of their assigned divisions, the ability to ensure their division carries out orders given to them, and advising the Colonel on punishments and new regulations for the Majors beneath them. There are only five ever at one time in a Battle-Group. CO Council
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Major | Maj
The framework of the Battle-Group, the Major are officers placed in charge of vessels and are organized into naval divisions to perform duties given to them by the Colonel which is relayed by the Lieutenant Colonels who serve as the head of their assigned divisions. Their job to perform their tasks to the best of their ability without stepping out of line. CO Whitelist

Naval Divisions

First Division
Insignia Vessel Name Classification Description
CDRE Samantha Maverick
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USS Yukon Heavy Cruiser The USS Yukon is the third in a line of Stonewall-class heavy cruisers designed for multi-role operations, force projection, and engagement against enemy craft.

Initially commissioned over 50 years ago, she was decommissioned in 2155 and recommissioned in the wake of the initial campaign in the Neroid sector in 2181, being given a retrofit to cope with existing demands of technology. While its design is outdated, the ship has proven to be hardy in combat, facing off against foes during her first tour of duty and sustained moderate damage, giving it distinguished "battle scars" that can be seen in the hull repairs' slightly darker shade of gray paint.

Between 2181 and 2190, the ship roamed around the sector, conducting surveillance and counter-piracy operations; nothing special. In the wake of the reentry of the USCM into the Neroid sector, however, it was brought up to the spotlight again to defend against those who oppose the entry of the Colonial Marines into the area.

With a length of roughly 497 meters, crew capacity of 410 (360 enlisted, 50 officers), the ship is by no means lacking in size; however proving to be lacking in speed capabilities, the ship draws from a 2170-era propulsion and FTL system, making for just over 0.66 light-years per day.

CPT Nathon Stafford
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USS Grizzly Planetary Assault Ship An outdated ship armed with 9th battalion "Death Valley Kings". Sent on missions involving colonies with extremely hot climates.
CPT Alberto ‘Topper’ Staffer
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USS Vanguard Light Carrier USS Vanguard is a retrofitted Trebuchet-class light carrier. Having been launched in 2145, it’s one of the oldest carriers in the fleet. As such in the carrier role it’s lacking due to the smaller size of its air groups necessitated by the need to keep weight down.

Shipboard weaponry being limited to PDCs and PDLs along with a small set of ASAT tubes for long range defensive firepower, the Vanguard’s main strength lies in its extensive sensor suite. In the early years of space combat, carriers were unable to carry their own dedicated AWACS aircraft due to size constraints, as such they were provided with a disproportional sensor array so as to provide search and control from the ship itself.

The Vanguard’s role is not to be confused with the PAS’ role, as a light carrier, the ship contains only F/A-86 Banshee IIs, F-40 Hellcat IIIs, and various small support craft. There are no provisions for landing operations and no marines besides a security detail are stationed on the ship.

CPT Oussama 'DOA' Neghiz N/A USS Providence Escort Frigate Assigned to its captain after the loss of [REDACTED] in a very unfortunate incident, the USS Providence is nothing more than a heap of scrap that's somehow still functioning. Talks of it being given a proper retrofit have been thrown around for as long as its crew could remember, and yet it always seem to get "delayed".

Mostly assigned as an escort to bigger, more important ships.

CPT Wallace Haar
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USS Harvest Troop Transport An outdated Bougainville-class Troop Transport Vessel, capable or holding around 90 troops or if needed PoW's out of cryo at a time, and another 200 in hypersleep, is currently being useed as a Joint-Collaboration Vessel between the United Americas and the TWE. Holds the 'Oopsie Daisies' Marine Battalion and the TWE Royal Marine 'Rose of Hokkaido'.
CPT Tyrus 'Shoeless' Jackson
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USS Silent Dawn Cruiser The USS Silent Dawn is a reconnaissance search and destroy vessel. Its primary purpose is to perform tactical strikes via stealth operations. Its augmented with an experimental VPES (vapor eject system) that allows for camouflage on long range radar due to masking as space distortions (coronal mass ejection, asteroids clusters etc). The Winter Wolves detachment is made of marine volunteers that desired to be sent on high risk missions. The marines are comprised of terminally ill, critical debt holders, and those seeking the most dangerous deployments.
CPT Satomi 'Uno' Nishiyama
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USS Ascalon Battleship USS Ascalon is a Sword Class Battleship within the First Division designed after the infamous Sol Battle for ship to ship combat. This battleship is built extremely armored and lined with broadsides on both its starboard and portside along with some point defense and missiles for any targets that prove too evasive. This focus on durability and firepower is what led to its major weakness. Being that it maneuvers like a brick in space.

Due to her ties and connections within Weyland Yutani, Captain Nishiyama has also secured state of the art weaponry and equipment aboard her ship despite it’s outdated design. The Ascalon’s main strength comes from the 18 broadsides it has on it’s starboard and portside which tear through any ships foolish enough to enter its sights. If not for the ship's capabilities for orbital bombardment and it's overwhelming firepower in space combat, the Third Fleet would have no doubt scrapped the Ascalon years ago.

Her crew number is close to one 1000, with a majority being shipside maintenance and operating of it’s weaponry. It also has a sizable detachment of marines for deployment and repelling boarders. Compliments of WY, Captain Nishiyama also has a small troop of PMCs to act as her personal guard. Due to these Weyland Yutani ties many of her rivals claim that her victories and successful operations are not a result of her own skills but of higher standard equipment compared to many in the Third fleet.

CPT Bill Sutton USS Iago.png USS Iago Planetary Assault Craft Originally a hospital ship in service of the USCM's Medical Corps specialising in humanitarian aid and disaster relief, the Iago was placed under the command of Captain Bill Sutton - a recently-promoted Captain who'd quickly risen through the ranks after graduating officer school with unremarkable grades - thanks to the lobbying of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. Captain Sutton immediately had the medical vessel refurbished as a Planetary Assault troop carrier under the logic that being closer to the frontlines would mean more decorations - and more importantly, more opportunities for career advancement.

The Iago itself is well-kept, its hull sporting a distinctive white paintjob and the Corporate-coloured sigil of Captain Sutton's division, the 9th Expeditionary Infantry. Though its core staff are well-paid and extremely loyal, the rank-and-file who are quartered with the expectation of spearheading planetary invasions frequently clash with the ship's officer corps. This is due in no small part to Captain Bill Sutton's perceived willingness to squander the lives of his men to ensure victories (and medals).

Captain Bill Sutton himself is under investigation by USCM Military Police due to allegations of corruption, bribery, embezzlement and tax fraud, but due to legal interference by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation no charges have yet been laid. Some have speculated on the relation between the ship's name and the Shakespearean villain known for his greed, cruelty, and willingness to sacrifice others for his own gain.

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|+ class="nowrap" |Second Division |- | ! scope="col" |Insignia ! scope="col" |Vessel Name ! scope="col" |Classification ! scope="col" |Description |- ! scope="row" |CDRE Anna Stall |N/A||USS Sunset |Support Cruiser||Communications Vessel, the ship is loaded with equipment to boost and process the radio traffic of other vessels deployed within the fleet allowing the ships in the fleet to operate at further distances apart from each other than without. The ship also takes an auxiliary role in bureaucratic processing, managing minor incidents within the fleet on the ship and acting as a relay to send faxes and other important traffic towards the Admiralty. |- !CPT Karl 'Ausbruch' Walz

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|Heavy Cruiser||The USS Pershing is a recently commissioned Heavy Cruiser of her own class. Only having been in service for 3 years she is considerably newer than her contemporaries. She houses the 3rd Heavy Mechanized Battalion dubbed "Steel Soulmates". Her armaments consist of mostly offensive pieces, including 2 WY sponsored orbital cannons, 3 dual-barrel turrets for broadside engagements, and 2 concussion missile launchers. She has 2 AUD-26-H Dropships, made specifically to move the heavy armor the marines carry, as well as a standard AUD-25. She sacrifices aspects of her ship to ensure maximum garage space, letting her carry 2 M577 APCs, 3 M39B2 Decker Medium Tanks, and an M42C3 "Walker" Heavy Tank. |- ! CPT Morrigan 'M.K' Kessler |N/A ||USS Amun-Ra |Stealth Frigate|| At a length of 61.5 meters, the Amun-Ra presents an unusual frame, highly different from that of most spacefaring vessels with a shape like a huge black quartz crystal. This is a byproduct of the ship's stealth functionality, using angular sheets of black composite materials to absorb or reflect radar signals. These materials are supported by active cooling systems to conceal the ship's detectable heat signature, able to reduce the frigate's ambient temperature to match that of an asteroid or even that of background radiation. This functionality is of course only available when the frigate's main drive is offline, as an engine burn of any kind would alert any nearby vessels to the ship's location.

The Amun-Ra class is frightfully well armed for its size, and at the time of its commissioning, the class was the smallest vessel in history to be armed with a railgun. The ship's prototype S-24 Kopesh is internally mounted along the vessel's spine and is supported by 4 retractable PDCs, as well as a pair of concealed Missile bays, equipped with rapid reload systems. The standard crew complement of the Amun-Ra class includes 50 personnel; however, this is frequently expanded to 100 for missions which include troop deployments or boarding actions. During such encounters, assault teams are deployed using the frigate's 9 breaching pods laid into the ship's broadsides. These pods function by launching a small breaching charge to weaken the hull of a target ship before clamping themselves into the surface using 3 mechanical claws, establishing an access passage for troops. |- !CPT Howard Dalheart

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|Colony Ship retrofitted into Tientsin era Support Vessel||Retrofitted but outdated; Tientsin era |- !CPT Finnian Cottier |N/A||USS Tobruk |Carrier||Key member of Carrier Strike Group 31 with the 147th Colonial Marine Expeditionary Unit and 22nd Space Wing embarked. Built in 2172, retrofitted in 2183, still in active service. Still effective, though soon to be outclassed by the new generation of carriers currently being commissioned. |- !CPT Salvador Kepplinger

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|Planetary Assault Ship||An old Planetary Assault Ship, the USS Franks is outdated. Comms is for officers and squad leaders only. The M16 is the weapon of choice. Most soldiers camouflage themselves. The crew of the Franks is renowned for Guerrilla warfare, and battles of attrition. The Anti-Air cannon works, and the Franks has two boarding vessels. Although it ain't very up to date, the crew has minimal casualties and often none at all. The commanding officer runs his ship like it is world war two, simply because of how outdated everything is. But it works. They have a huge operational success rate. |- !CPT Adam Berkshire

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|Multi-Purpose Destroyer||USCM detachment of civil pacification corps under the direct command of the Provost Marshal. Detachment includes a majority force of RMP personnel, with a sufficient compliment of medical staff for colonial emergency situations related to both warfare related crisis and biological containment. Ship has been retrofitted and undergone two dry dock modification assignments in order to carry essential supplies to USCM vessels operating in fields of duty from their respective home systems. Due to it's high compliment of Military Police and colonial security personnel, it has mainly been assigned for transport of High Command personnel, high value government and corporate persons, and mass quantities of volatile cargo including but not limited to dropship armaments, orbital bombardment shells, and in rare cases nuclear payloads. As a result of it's role as a transport vessel of essential and high value cargo, it's armament includes a defensive compliment of twin railguns mounted on the port and starboard fore, with an additional four 80 megawatt infrared lasers placed both fore and aft, capable of vaporizing incoming railgun fire or crippling incoming missiles and possible boarding attempts from any direction. In extreme situations and in case of contamination in biological threats or extreme risk of safety of cargo or high value personnel, a single type 332 emergency escape vehicle (EEV) has been connected via umbilical mounts onto the underside of the vessel. |- !CPT Trianna Jesowitz

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|Planetary Assault Ship||The USS Francis Velten, named after an early 21st century commander, is a Tarawa Class Planetary Assault ship designed for planetary assaults and strategic aerospace carrier support. Commissioned in 2185, in response to the campaign in the Neroid sector, the vessel is one of the more modern vessels assigned to the Third Fleet, with a focus on the planetary campaigns of the current times.

Like the amphibious assault craft of times past, including the ship from which its class takes its name, the Velten is capable of fielding a Marine Expeditionary Brigade as well as a carrier wing of fighters, dropships, and support craft. In exchange, the ship has no offensive weaponry on board, boasting only an adequate number of point defense systems, and depends on its escort and complement of fighters and strike craft for space warfare and fire support. |- ! scope="row" |CPT Misti Rockwell |

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|Light Cruiser||The Sabot Class was originally devised when High Command desired a quick, new design that was cheap and cost effective for the new patrol routes in the outer rim. The Sabot-class was designed as a Light Cruiser vessel, fitted with four missile tubes, two dorsal railgun arrays and a double array of Point-defense systems.

The first ships of the class were deployed by 2183, but their armament proved too indecisive to be of much use in an engagement. This, granted with their comparatively fragile size and lacking armour, made them easy targets. Rather than retrofitting the design with new weaponry, it was decided that a new, more heavily armed Cruiser-class would need to be drawn up entirely.

The remaining Sabot-class vessels were indeed retrofitted by 2187 however, with their missile armament entirely removed, and replaced by an additional array of Point-Defense systems. In addition, two heavy anti-aircraft guns were mounted on the ship, reducing its maximum speed. With only its two railguns remaining for desperate self-defence, the Sabot has officially been relegated to an AA Escort role.

The USS Yokosuka, under new command of Captain Rockwell, is one such vessel. The Captain has appealed to Chinook Station several times that an AA Escort was 'pointless', due to the nature of war they found themselves in, that being a primarily ground-based guerilla war against the Colonial Liberation Front. It was argued that the Rebels lacked any significant naval force, and that massed AA defenses, like those on the Yokosuka, were needless, and should be swapped out for higher calibre, orbital cannonades. Any such debates and requests have been denied by Chinook and the Rear Admiral, and the Yokosuka remains as the Second Division's anti-aircraft escort to this day. |- ! scope="row" |CPT James 'Tater' Pacheco |N/A||USS Endora | Medium SAR Frigate|| The USS Endora, a recently repaired and updated light support frigate equipped with the best medical and search and rescue equipment the third fleet can afford. Luckily there aren't many other ships of the sort to steal their budget. The Endora is also equipped with maintenance demanding engines capable of performing precise maneuvers, though they aren't designed for extreme speed. The Endora is equipped with 33 hypersleep chambers for the standing crew, along with 60 extra chambers intended for rescued personnel. Each hypersleep block of 11 and 20 respectively have their own EEV sections, equipped specially for all environments. The EEVs also boast survival gear for Space, Sea, and land environments. The onboard crew hypersleep caskets are accompanied by their own quarters. Additional, non-permanent crew housing onboard consists of 3 barracks. The Endora is capable of planetary flight and landing maneuvers, intended for medivac of groundside personnel without the need of additional smaller craft. There is no outboard weaponry on the Endora, as it is not a combat craft. However it is equipped with heavy laser cutters intended for emergency shipbreaking and debris removal.

The standing crew is made up of a complement of 8 EVA specialists who are also trained in Emergency medical treatment, a medical complement of 4 doctors with accompanying nurses, one chief medical officer, a security detail of 10 armed USCM marines, a chief engineer along with 2 USCM senior engineers (it's a demanding ship). and a bridge crew consisting of the captain himself, and 2 bridge officers. The crew is mainly a skeleton crew, to make room for quarters and cryo chambers belonging to rescued personnel. |- |}

Third Division
Insignia Vessel Name Classification Description
CDRE William 'Jester' Crimson N/A USS Reeducation Support Carrier An experimental prison and research vessel used deployed in large scale conflicts, it was commissioned due to the increase in colonial unrest, the growing conscripted masses within the USCM and unofficially, to serve as a neutral ground between the factions within the USCM.

The USS ReEducation has exceptional point defence and armour, however its weaponry is extremely lackluster, beyond a standard railgun designed to be used on stationary targets or planets below.

This vessel has a unique railgun launcher, which is used to send specially designed droships with unique cryopods designed to take such speeds, through mapped space (Not without risk*) at extremely fast speeds to distant ships or outposts. Unfortunately, this can only be activated a few times before the transportation railgun is down for maintenance, meaning that it is often used only for issues which require high-command to personally on site, or to dispatch ERTs.

41st Military Police Company "Honour Guard" 42nd Military Police Company "Peace Keepers" 2nd Military Intelligence Battalion "Orwell's Eyes"

CPT Charles Edwinson N/A USS Envoy Planetary Assault Ship 3rd Honour Guard Division. Typically dispatched on diplomatic missions or to escort VIPs throughout USCM territory. Powerful engines and advanced defence systems at the cost of reduced offensive weaponry. This ship is designed to endure and escape, not to fight.
CPT Roscoe Carr N/A USS Centralia Kessler Protocol Compliance Vessel Mostly unarmed support vessel designed to clear debris from orbit after space battles. Mandated by international law and legally protected in a way similar to hospital ships.
CPT Zhilov Igorev N/A USS Arcadia Raider Class Ship At 90 meters long it’s designed to quickly move in and out of battle zones to deliver heavy strikes thanks to three M-Class engines. She is armed with two heavy laser cannons, a large milled bay, an ion cannon and three gimbled turrets. The Arcadia is outfitted with a crew of 40 with 15 of them being marines trained in sabotage and stealth ops.
CPT Goosen Dagen N/A USS Roosevelt Cruiser Small vessel, lightly armored, but quick and can easily evade enemies when required. Efficiently designed, but not a model of comfort given it's small size. Crew capacity was designed for 50 members, with mostly small quarters, and limited areas of recreation. The majority of crew (originally and currently) are enlisted men, with minimal support from other departments. The vessel has never had a Liason of the powerful Weyland Yutani corporation, as the missions of the vessel typically classified by the USCM, then and now.

Her armament was originally designed for strike missions against vessels and outposts, as she was christened in 2166 to assist with the developing conflict between the UPP. She participated in several skirmishes throughout "Space Nam", typically avoiding main areas of deployment in favor of surprise attacks on vulnerable targets, at times including civilian occupied areas. The actions of the vessel were a matter of public scrutiny for the UPP, often using the Roosevelt as an example of USCM violent excess during the conflict. However, by 2170 a ceasefire was negotiated, and the command members of the Roosevelt were subsequently highly decorated by high command of the USCM for their efforts during the conflict.

After the ceasefire with the UPP, the Roosevelt saw continued use against CLF forces for the next decade, participating in many conflicts against enemy bases of operation. Initially the mission was the same for the Roosevelt as it was during the previous conflict, and similarly received condemnation by the CLF for it's overtly hostile actions against civilians. However, as more battles raged across the years, it was clear the Roosevelt was showing it's age the longer the conflicts dragged out.

Resistance was more heavily fortified in CLF territories, and they were more well informed of the USCM movements. The technical superiority of the vessel was shattered, as was the fate of many others. Furthermore, the failure of USS Alistoun in the Neroid Sector lead to the most decisive defeat thus far. This significantly changed the military doctrine of the Third Fleet in many ways, which in particular affected the fate of the Roosevelt.

High command of the USCM were worried of several threats, CLF excluded, and thus updated the overall mission of the Roosevelt to a role of scouting. Since 2180, She has maintained visibility of the outskirts of the UA where the Third Fleet is positioned. She still maintains a small deployment of senior military officers, just a Commander and Captain. The rest of the crew is mostly military, with some serving in other departments. Captain Goosen Dagen was transferred to the Roosevelt in November of 2189, and has since commanded the vessel.

CPT Jonathan Fox N/A USS Valor Destroyer Retrofitted Vehicle

The USS Valor is a destroyer class ship, with only 189 meters beeing smaller then the USS Almayer but equipped with stronger weaponary. It has loaded eight 0.75cm/140 Mark 74 General Atomics railguns, 35 Mark 33 ASAT-LS systems with mark nine nuclear warheads. But has only one AUD-25 Dropship with no armament and only a very small bataillon with no mechanized troops on board.

The USS Valor was created 2136, two years after The Arikara-class patrol transport vessel was intodruced. The USS Valor's main goal is to track and hunt hostile ships down. It was assigned to the third fleet and joined 2165 the Operation Canton.

CPT Faerwald Wulfe N/A USS Hyperion Science Frigate Most of the ship is comprised of laboratories with high tech equipment and full of researchers be it from the USCM or outside contractors under strict NDA. Its primary job is to conduct experiments and research safely in deep space away from the prying eyes of civilian companies and outside powers like the UPP and CLF. On occasion the Hyperion can be seen performing other tasks like surveying unexplored planets, observing anomalies in space or performing weapon testing. Thanks to its equipment and laboratories as well as a very skilled medical team used to work with strict containment procedures and the strangest of wounds and diseases the Hyperion was on occasions sent to colonies suffering from widespread pandemics to swiftly deal with the situation.

The crew aboard is highly trained and split between crisis response teams and exploratory teams when being deployed on special missions.

While the Hyperion is a science vessel it still carries a decent amount of armaments and can defend itself if attacked. It carries ship to ship missiles as well as two large caliber front facing cannons designed both for ship to ship combat as well as limited orbital bombardment. It is also usually fitted with all kinds of experimental weaponry currently being tested and while unreliable it can prove devastating in some situations.

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|+ class="nowrap" |Fourth Division |- | ! scope="col" |Insignia ! scope="col" |Vessel Name ! scope="col" |Classification ! scope="col" |Description |- ! scope="row" |CDRE Goddard Pearsall | N/A||USS Icarus |Cruiser- Operations Carrier||Less a warship and more a testing platform/mobile blacksite, the Icarus is part of a proposed new fleet doctrine of carrier primacy. Much of the ship's lower deck is occupied by a hangar bay servicing a collection of ten fighters and three bombers. High mechanization allows craft to be refueled and rearmed in record time before deployment. Connected to the bridge, an experimental long-range sensor array allows the Icarus to detect and identify targets beyond the detection range of the rest of the fleet, as well as assisting ships in finding firing solutions on enemy ships. The main weakness of the Icarus, however, is its direct-combat capability in space and ground combat: due to the space taken by the hangar and power requirements for the various support systems, the ship is unable to hold or field a Marine detachment and lacks larger weapons platforms to allow orbital bombardment or long-range engagements. With anti-missile/anti-fighter point-defense and light, short-range armaments, the Icarus' primary defense is its fighter/bomber complements and ability to assist the fleet in engaging other ships through sensor tracking. |- !CPT Sofia Eder |N/A|| USS Hall |Destroyer||A Patton-Class destroyer, a quintessential workhorse of the UA Fleet at large. Armed with a respectable array of mass drivers which set the standard for its class and a decent PD coverage, this line of destroyers is also notable for being one of the rare destroyer classes with a dedicated torpedo array, featuring a purpose-built torpedo rack which allows for rapid reloads mid-combat. Features a shuttle bay holding a shuttle capable of atmospheric entry, with a carry capacity of roughly two fireteams' worth of personnel. This particular Patton-class has had its engine assembly insulated as well, making it easier for the ship to 'go dark' in order to reduce its sensor profile. |- !CPT Adam Hilt |N/A|| USS Imperial Eagle |Planetary Assault Ship|| The USS Imperial Eagle is a retrofitted missile cruiser redesigned towards boarding action and planetary assault missions. Outdated towards the turn of the decade, rather than dismantle it, the ship went the route of many missile cruisers. Its generally sizeable hull making it ideal for hosting large bodies of troops and munitions. While still capable of its prior functions, many of its main weapon systems have been redesigned towards bombardment and indirect fire support for operations and Marine companies. Along the side of the ship are a pair of two sleek lightning bolts encircle by a wreath with an Eagle mounting it, representing Hilts long and cultured history in service to the US and the heritage of the Marine detachment aboard. Hilt replaced CPT Bateman on the ship, as the former was wounded during the campaign against the Terrarists. The Marine unit aboard is the “Thunderbirds”. The Thunderbirds are a notoriously aggressive unit, recognised fleet wide for their jackboots and unique marching style. Many other marines accuse them of war crimes or brutality, however they always manage to come out clean. This is only exasperated by the current Commander who is notorious for his love of groundside operations, almost always refusing to sit in the CIC during combat drops. Traditionally, the ship has been apart of 1st Division. |- !CPT Oleg Akimov |N/A||USS Aurora |Cruiser||Conceived during late stages of Tientsin Campaign. Thanks to short lived patriotic uplift all over United Americas, WY managed to slide Aurora, among other projects, into the controversial omnibus spending bill. Aurora was designed to have a distinct feature - retractable magnetic trawl on bow. Trawl's sole purpose is to prevent weaponized collisional cascading. At the time of the construction it was largely theorized that enemy can prevent effective fleet maneuvers using “fields” of space debris and mines at high orbit. This theory is yet to be tested in real combat. As all things that made to be jack of all trades, Aurora is a master of none. Increased mass makes Aurora less mobile than most of the cruisers. Because of trawl gun ports and turrets located on sides of the ship(still facing bow) and cannot be used while trawl is extended. Overall armament on Aurora is underpowered and reduced in quantity. Crew and marine compartments both reduced in size and comfort.

3rd Fleet. Contains “Icebreakers” Company |- !CPT Viktor Kleiner

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|Kreuzer class, Heavy assault cruiser||The USS Lowë is an assault heavy cruiser, designed to enter space battlefields to cripple enemy ships with 6 medium range batteries and 3 point targeting missiles. The USS Lowë has 5 point defense cannons and 2 concussion missiles. The vessel has a secret method of winning battles, it can ram other vessels with a top speed of 301 m/s, heavily damaging the ship hulls. Despite retrofitted, the Lowë's hull still stands strong. The USS Lowë is currently designated in the 3rd Fleet, 4th Division, 4th Brigade, 1st Battalion, it holds the 'Lowë Pack' battalion under the direct command of Captain Viktor Kleiner, also known as BEER-5 or Beer. The USS Lowë was stationed in Eridani but has been recently transferred to the 5th Division to lead and counter the Terraist threat in the Herculis sector , under the command of and supervision of Rear Admiral Frans Feiffer. |- !CPT Balto Dreg | N/A||USS Dreggornaught |Dreadnought Classed Battleship||The USS Dreggornuaght is the only last serving Dreadnought in the navy after its early days as original battleships of the USCM Navy. It has been retrofitted from its previous Dreadnoughts making it the last and only modernized Dreadnought to date. The USS Dreggornaught Nought was outfitted for partial planetary assault and more so Space combat with the previous Dreadnought weapons added to its arsenal. It consisted of the 1st Battalion "Metal Jackets" consisting of Colonial Marine 1st, 2nd, 3rd platoons. It as well consisted of the 4th Armored Rhino Tank Platoon consisting of over 3 heavily modified Medium Tanks and one heavily modified heavy tank referred to as the Dregg Tank. Multiple big guns I would say few OBs and outdated and few modern heavy ship cannons for naval aspect or modified Dreadnought with multiple barrages of Oribitial Batteries for naval/planetery assault. |- ! CPT Robert Dangerzone Hale |N/A ||USS Berlin |Support Vessel||Mass transport, the white elephant of the fleet. Originally designed to ferry men and material enough to fortify a conquered world, now for the most part mothballed with only skeleton crew onboard, used as hospital during the fallout of the Crusade. |- |}{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" |+ class="nowrap" |Fifth Division |- | ! scope="col" |Insignia ! scope="col" |Vessel Name ! scope="col" |Classification ! scope="col" |Description |- ! scope="row" |CDRE Connor Anderson

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|Destroyer|| 3rd Fleet, 4th Division, 22nd Regiment, "Sky Guardians"

USS Obama is a medium armored vessel with extraordinary speed, it's an experimental vessel specialized in boarding attempts. It's speed and armor allow it to ram hostile spaceships and the new AUD-28 dropships with their point defense lasers are able to reach the enemy's hangar with close to no damage. |- ! scope="row" | CPT Charles 'Boston' Ellis |N/A ||USS Massachusetts |Cruiser||Named primarily for the USS Massachusetts (BB-59), the ship is a rapid response vessel sent on missions where larger ships would be impractical or more often too expensive. Much of the ship is a combination of outdated parts from when the ship was last properly outfitted in 2180, and more recent weaponry that were scrounged up from various UCSM supply depots and captured enemy munitions.

The ship normally carries a light, tightly knit crew during it's distant missions, but is capable of moving a larger force if the need be. Standard troop load is approximately 100-150 men, but when necessary the USS Massachusetts carries enough space and supplies for a company on deck and another company in cryosleep. |- ! scope="row" |CPT Vadim Dmitriev

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|Corvette||Operates with forty five souls onboard as the primary crew, with a maximum capacity of sixty souls, minimum armament, primarily ballistic. Outdated Corvette design, plans to retrofit in a effort to keep it a effective screening vessel. |- ! scope="row" |CPT Benson Gusman |N/A||USS Louis |Escort Frigate||The USS Louis is a brand new Escort Frigate, only being christened in 2187 (Three years ago) however, due to last-minute budget cuts the contract to build it was given to third-rate contractors. Due to this, it has become plagued with issues and has been in the dock for most of its service life, only managing to complete its second patrol at the very beginning of 2190. However, with many of the issues sussed and sorted the Louis is still yet to prove itself as a very capable ship sporting modern (though somewhat unreliable) weapons systems, sensors, countermeasures, etc. Its duty is to escort patrol transports/Carriers in relatively unsafe areas and to also provide support to them. Has a couple of newer multirole fighters as well as one AUD-35 dropship and an advanced XQ-98C 'Spectre' Drone in its hanger space. |- ! scope="row" |CPT Elzbieta Brygida |N/A|| USS Nunavut SW-2 |Stealth Frigate||A rare sight and exception to the essentially outdated ships of the Third Fleet, the USS Nunavut SW-2 is a top-notch experimental stealth frigate, the result of a joint program between the USCM and the W-Y Aerospace department together with the wide use of "Borrowed" technology and schematics from the TWE, the ship is the second of its line, the Specter-class, after the premature destruction of the first model by foreign agents. Its proficiencies include reconnaissance, stealth engagements, force projection, ship boarding, electronic warfare, and sabotage. The starship which stands at a length of 210 meters and is able to swiftly garrison from 60 to 120 crew members was initially ordered at 2180 and kept under military secret to avoid any type of unwanted attention, due to the dimensions of the project and the use of unusual technology, the Nunavut took around 7 years to be fully constructed and commissioned by the USCM, despite its size compared to the other titanic ships of the fleet, the starship is more than armed, enjoying the use of multiple point defense systems, disruptor torpedoes, and a massive dual-cannon railgun covered and stored within the lower parts of the ship.

Despise all its peculiar characteristics, the main characteristic of the Nunavut is its stealth systems and engines, the ship is able to temporarily hide its signatures through the use of radar jammers and the sinking of heat within the hull whilst refrigerating the exterior hull, allowing the crew to travel behind enemy lines and disputed sectors with ease whilst not leaving any trace to be followed by the enemy, although such thing isn't achieved without risks, the heat stored needs to be released one hour or another, otherwise, it would be more than enough to radiate the entire crew and fry diverse vital systems. One of the main weaknesses of the Nunavut is also her lack of proper defensive plating usually present on the heavy ships of the Third Fleet but the absence of so also leaves room for it's six highly advanced engines powered by a nuclear fusion plant, that way managing to achieve above-average sub FTL speeds.

As of 2190, the ship was transferred from the 1st to the 3rd Fleet for field testing over the remote sector of Neroid, under the full command of Captain Elzbieta Brygida and her saboteur commando, the 3042. |- |}

Support Divisions

12th MP Division
Insignia Vessel Name Classification Description
PvM Claymore Allister N/A USS Constitution Retrofitted Planetary Assault Ship A highly luxurious vessel with little exterior weaponry used by the provost and his honor guard to travel around as required by his duties.

It is a retrofitted planetary assault ship that has extra storage space made for his own private office and quarters with the added benefit of new secure cells to contain and transport high risk prisoners around.

Response teams of specially trained riot police accompany the provost outside of the honor guard and make up the bulk personnel as they are deployed to colonies and areas which require a reminder of the USCM and its presence.

On a last note, its also one of the two places where court martials of severe incidents get brought up in its highly modern and extremly luxurious court hall.

Mission

The Second Battlegroup is tasked with search-and-destroy within the Herculis Sector under the Third Fleet, primarily the sector of Neroid due to the sudden influx of colonial rebellions occurring and requests from local marshals for reinforcements in putting down insurrection. The Battlegroup however faces various issues including strained logistical supply lanes bogged down by distance and guerilla attacks from varying factions, poor weaponry maintenance, and low manpower due to a strained budget. Any hope of victory can only be achieved with new methods as attrition continues to tear away at the Battle-Group making it painfully obvious a drawn-out conflict is no longer an option.


As of 2190, just like all of the Third Fleet the Second Battle-Group operates out of Chinook 91 GSO station a military space station in geosynchronous orbit around the colony world Georgia 525 (70 Ophiuchi A V). Due to to increasing security concerns the Second Battle-Group has begun detaching its Reserve Division to defend the military space station from any potential threat that may target the heart of the Third Fleet.

Ideology

Since the eruption of the war on insurgency following the disasters at Tientsin there has been notable debate among military officers as to how to pursue a victory with the war only continuing to drag on and attrition and budgets straining the USCM. Three notable factions by 2190 had taken rise among the fleets, especially the Third Fleet which finds itself constantly engulfed in an endless guerilla campaign with the CLF.

Ideology Symbol Description
Hawks
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The Hawks are a far-right leaning faction that emerged following the end of the Sol Campaign with the belief that the colonist uprisings can only be halted with iron and blood. Their main support dwindled following the ending of the Tientsin Campaign which led to the outlawing of nuclear weapons being used against colonies due to the humanitarian disaster that had emerged in the aftermath. However, with the war on insurgency dragging on and casualties mounting the upper-brass of the USCM has begun once again reconsidering the option of ‘more forceful measures’ including the potential of once again permitting the use of nuclear weaponry on colonial worlds and the suspension of colonial governments and enactment of martial law through the sector.
Doves
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The Doves are a left-leaning faction that rose following the humanitarian crisis on Mars after the Sol Campaign had been waged and won. Their firm belief was that the only way to unite colonies with the Earth Government was by fighting and winning the ‘war of heart’ through negotiation, humanitarian aid, and less usage of military assets. Following the Tientsin Campaign the Doves saw a major increase in popularity among the officer corps and successfully pressed the government to outlaw the use of nuclear weapons against colonial worlds. However, since the War on Insurgency the belief that the ‘war of heart’ could still be won began to wither with the relentless years of war crimes, casualties, and growing distrust of the USCM by CLF-aligned colonies. However there is still hope that the colonies and Sol can be reunified through compassion and unity.
Songbirds
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The Songbirds are military industrial complex supporters who lean heavily towards policies pushed and supported for major corporations such as Weyland Yutani. Their main support emerged during the early days of the emergence of WY which had begun investing heavily into the USCM. Officers who align themselves as Songbirds echo that the corporations are strong allies and it would be harmful to push or restrict purchasing and contracts with them. It’s rumored Songbirds are among the wealthiest of officers in the USCM primarily due to bribes likely received to ‘overlook’ certain incidents that might be damaging to Weyland Yutani or other corporations who pay for influence and sell weapons to the USCM. Their interest aligning with the hawks or doves on specific issues falls on the cost and benefits, if it means losing a colony it could be doves but if it means killing some rebelling colonists and keeping the colony, it likely could be the hawks. Money is power and a path to greater standing.
Other/Unaligned
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It is not uncommon for officers both new and old to distance themselves from the politics that surround their career and mission to serve the USCM. Some often develop their own opinions far different from the main ideologies on how the issues USCM faces should be dealt with and thus find themselves often supporting one of the big three if it aligns with their own beliefs. Lobbying by both the Doves, Hawks, and Songbirds to gain the support of these Officers is not uncommon within the Fleets.

Ideology of the Battlegroup

Current Crisis

Colonial Liberation Front (War on Insurgency)

The fight against the CLF in the Neroid Sector and various other small cells appearing in other sectors has been ongoing for over a decade with no end in sight. Now with an estimated manpower of 150,000 the CLF heavily outnumbers local USCM forces even with shoddy equipment. Casualties and fleet losses continue to accumulate by the day with guerilla fighting taking its toll on USCM forces. A decision on a new approach to the war on insurgency has to be made if there is to be any hope of success.


Xur Uprising/Sixteen Colonies

Rumors of a declaration of independence from a new self declared union of colonies referring to themselves as the ‘Sixteen Colonies’ has emerged under the coordination of notorious colonial marshal Xur, mirroring that of the original American Thirteen colonies and declaration of independence. The Third Fleet’s intelligence network covering HERCULIS from CHINOOK station has managed to suppress any media outlets, also a blockade by the First Battlegroup of the Third Fleet has successfully prevented any travel of colonists who may try to spread the news. A solution however to either attempt peaceful negotiation or usage of military force must be decided before the number of the Sixteen Colonies increases.


Terraist Crusade

The Order of Terra, a devout religious sect of roman catholics dedicated to the expulsion and destruction of the colonies through holy crusade due to their belief of earth being the one and only true home to humanity have become a major problem in the outer-colonies. Their tactics involving terrorist attacks on civilian populations and military forces have earned them the ironic nickname of ‘terraists’ in their attempts to purge the colonies in favor of earth. There has been belief that the Vatican has been personally funding the order however Pope Pius XII has denied such allegations. They have established several major installations in asteroid belts which they have dubbed ‘The Crusader States’. To wipe them out would mean gaining colonial favor and good press, however to eradicate them completely would mean destroying an enemy of the CLF and rebellious colonies.


By 2190 after the Battle of Fomalhaut System or OPERATION: FALLEN ANGEL, the Terraists were largely scattered or taken as POWs and await pending trials by the Judiciary branches of the military for warcrimes against colonial civilians. Intelligence reports the chances of the Order becoming a threat again are unlikely however UA forces remain wary in Herculis, believing that religion cannot be so easily forgotten.